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I doubt whether adding graphite to chrome polish makes sense. Chrome polish has harder abrasive particles than graphite which is really soft.

Please let us know how it works out.

Please let us know how it works after a couple of shaves.

It works really great. I applied it onto my Tony Miller red latigo strop. The latigo has plenty oils to hold the graphite.

Neil: just out of interest: what's the hardness of razor steel on the MOHS scale? On the forums here we usually refer to Rockwell hardness when measuring steel hardness.

@randydance:

It is a very fine graphite dust in a little soft plastic bottle. If you hold the bottle with the nozzle pointing upwards and you pinch the bottle slightly the graphite is blown out...

@ AFDavis11:

First impression: this works a treat! I wasn't successful using your application method. Rubbing pencil graphite on paper and rubbing that onto the leather. This resulted in rubbing...

@ AFDavis11:

So do you mean you apply fresh graphite on the leather strop before you hone the razor and wipe most of it off after honing before stropping?

Do you use that very same leather...

My stropping routine before shaving is 60 laps on the linen and 60 on leather. After 5-10 shaves, some razors up to 20 the shaves become less smooth and comfortable. After a touch up on the Escher...