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After the advice, I got some of the Herold hard strop pastes, and pasted up one of the cotton webbing strops:

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First impressions are that the black paste is where it's at. The red seems...

Many thanks!

A general question: I have seen in various sources that the cutting particles in a 4000 grit stone are 4-5 microns (eg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpening_stone). I have also...

I see, I more or less get the picture. I have not heard of 'ferric oxide pigment' before.

I also get the point about a smaller more structured strop. I have a Herold loom strop with one side...

Thank you for the information.

May I ask why you feel that they work better on the more structured strops?

Also, what are 'criss-cross locating markers'?

Thank you for the feedback.

I have had quite some success with pasted strops, especially with metal polish on a nylon strap. I tried this after seeing you express this suggestion on a number of...

Many thanks! And fine with a hanging strop?

After messing about for ages with various strops and polishing compounds, I'm looking at experimenting with proprietary strop pastes. Does anyone have any experience with this one? It is made in...