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Easily make a pasted balsa strop - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Only took me a few minutes to lap it, so i figured i would take the time :)

The plus side is that it is hard not to get the entire blade. Touched up the razor this morning with it and got a great shave.

Yeah.. so I just used this. I think this is about 4" wide :) You could probably try to find a smaller width of balsa

Thanks! That is your CrO powder on that strop :)

I actually took some paper and wiped it down a couple times to try and get whatever excess i had on there off.

I think i used a bit too coarse a grit of sandpaper too, but it felt smooth.

Just a piece of Tile :) I guess i will find out if i overpasted.. comment that i'm an idiot if it looks like i did so no one else makes hte same mistake.

Lets mix some CrO powder with a little bit of mineral oil

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Much Better, should spread easy now.
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Mark X's all the way down the board and then spread.
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So... I finally got around to building my own pasted strop. Was easy and cheap. Here is how i did it and the end result.


The Supplies:
I cut a piece of 12x12 tile i had lying around and cut a...