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Nenad,
That razor probably took way too much work. You should have gotten one of those "fuzzy" filters the ebay razor sellers use and it would have looked much better <g>.
Tony

My personal opinon only BUT I feel the validity of that manual is summed up in the first part. ""The edge is so fine, it needs only honing once a year, the rest can be done by stropping to polish...

Nenad,
It does make me wonder about some of the really rounded razors I have gotten from eBay. Many old time barbers used only hanging strops with pastes and they tended to be coarse pastes too....

As far as using pastes on any oeather I would suggest they not be used on the red finish leather on my paddle strops, just the rough or tan surfaces. The red has an oil treatment and I think that may...

Jim,
All my experience is with the diamond compounds so I won't be much help on the others. I do have the "hard" Dovo pastes but like you don't know for sure what the grit size is. I will also note...