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Well, if the compound were on the back side of the strop, you literally could get by without ever honing the razor.

Once abrasive particles are suitably fine (as the crocus product he's talking...

Probably not if they were all done well, though some of the coticules I've had were incapable of really getting an edge sharp - I think they could be differentiated. I couldn't differentiate the hard...

Go for it, let us know how it turns out. I'm sure you're probably aware, but I'd separate it from the paper outside. It's going to look like someone left a rusty barrel wherever you do it.

The...

I talked to the former toolmaker at colonial Williamsburg, and he said he'd used a lot of crocus cloth an what they had was mostly very fine iron oxide, very messy, and very slow cutting.

Which...

Not that I've seen. I think someone here maintained a razor without stones, etc, and on a hanging strop to prove otherwise. That and there have definitely been folks who maintained their razors only...

I think that depends. Products sold to professionals have never been lacking, but products sold to the unsuspecting public pretty much went across the spectrum like they do now.

And there wasn't a...

I'm going to ask someone who was a toolmaker at colonial williamsburg (and a gunsmith among other things) to see what his thoughts are about crocus. It sounds like just a mix of iron oxide and pretty...

Right. The holtzapffel book describes it as iron oxide mixed with other abrasives, so it probably has a range. I'm wondering what "dry bar" crocus means vs. just crocus. If it's a bar held together...

Curious to know what "dry bar" crocus is. Is it something with less wax than a buffing compound, or is it something with no wax? If there's wax, the kerosene is understandable.

figure that if a...