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Good to hear from you, Zac.

You don't have to get extremely fine. I've used regular sheets of sandpaper for wood and have gone only as far as 400. 220 left a smooth finish as well and would be...

I've thought about using slurry as a strop paste, Kevin but to date I have not decided on which medium would be best to mix it with. The only slurry powder I have is yellow coticule powder. I have...

Balsa, Basswood and Hard Maple is as far as I've gone using any woods for strops or hones. I got the basswood at the same craft store in 1/4"x3"x36" dimensions. It definitely works with chrome ox,...

I have basswood and I've also made some hard maple blocks that I use with 1 mic and .5 mic diamond sprays. The maple is so hard that after I lapped it using pencil grids, sandpaper and my granite...

For me it's a final step I often incorporate into the honing process but even more so, I find it to be the easiest and quickest edge refresher.

Chris L

I don't know where they get that from, Cass.:shrug: See above.



+1 :tu

Chris L

Good point :D. I could have called it a paddle strop but decided to post it in the hones area.

Chris L

No Kevin, as Randy said, spine leads edge trails as in stropping. I only use the chrome ox pasted balsa seen in the pictures occasionally when I want to refresh an edge; then only 10-25 passes take...

Ray, based on your pictures, IME you should be fine with that concentration. It's obviously working as evidenced by the oxidized steel from your razor/s. I've had worse luck by putting a thick...

I've been meaning to take pictures of show and tell razors, how I hold a barber style strop and the cheapest ugliest but absolutely effective 30,000 grit edge refreshing hone. I finally got around...