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That's weird.

I said 'partagas paste' for alliterative effect. In fact it was a cuban cohiba.

You were probably kidding about partagas v. punch, but for what it's worth I've noticed some...

I was wondering about exactly this. I've been using mostly blades sharpened by me since I 'pasted' my linen with cigar ash. My honing is improving, but no doubt my blades are shy enough of totally...

Maybe I should go easy on it, though I haven't had any problems yet.

If you were to hazard a guess, what kind of grit do you think tobacco ash would be? A good deal finer and/or slower than...

I wanted to resurrect this thread to hear back from some of the more experienced guys. I've been stropping on ash-pasted linen (20 passes or so) every time I shave. The shaves have been great, but...

Well I read this too late. I have to say though that mixing it with a tiny splash of water made it very easy to spread the partagas-paste thinly and evenly. One side of the linen now looks cleanly...

Alright, so I've smoked a big fat Partagas. And saved the ash.

Now what do I do, mix in a little water, make a paste and smear it on to the linen? Sounds like a plan.

Thanks Alan this is helpful info. I have a hanging linen that I salvaged from a ruined vintage strop, so since there's two linen surfaces I was thinking of pasting one. Even if I used chrome oxide,...

Sorry, I was following this thread regularly til two days ago, and when I came back to it today I somehow missed all the cigar talk initiated by Dennis. Well I think it sounds great.



The...

Alan, your post about grabbing some ash from the fireplace when your dad wasn't looking really cracked me up.

Now, all this talk of ash on linen raises a few questions for me, in no particular...