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Abrasive pastes are used by many of us and they work beautifully.
Remember that when the old advice was written they probably did not have the ability to create and sort by size the abrasive grains...

If your razor is new why do you want a hone?
A better choice is an abrasive pasted 4 sided paddle strop. This will get your
new razor shaving sharp and keep it that way for quite awhile.

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