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    Default Am I in need of strop paste?

    For sometime I have been wanting to know if I would need some diamond spray or paste of some sort..now I had a few minutes with my digital camera and ask It has been almost 6 months am "inching along" and getting better ;-)
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    and wonder which paste or spray would be right..(pictured) I have a black 3" Latigo strop double sided from SRP

    WonderEdge 6/8
    Henn 5/8 (tad under)
    Sheffield 7/8

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    Pastes are great, but I wouldn't paste that strop, especially if it's your primary, one and only strop. If you have the means, SRD sells paddles, which are great for paste, especially the four sided job they sell, or they have the fabric only strop. They also have the Wool Felt which is made for Diamond Spray. I would get their wool felt with the cotton herringbone second. Get some .50 diamond spray for the felt, and some Chromium oxide for the cotton.

    If you cannot, try and find a cheap strop on the classifieds or elsewhere to paste...Some guys use newspaper or make some out of balsa wood...
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    So just leave the strop "as is" and continue using it properly?

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    Is that your only strop?

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    Quote Originally Posted by pcdad View Post
    So just leave the strop "as is" and continue using it properly?

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    If that's your only strop. As I said, Get another one for pastes, sprays etc..You don't want to paste your primary strop....Using pastes all the time will eventually round your edges...They should be used sparingly. Once an edge has been honed on paste, or touched up, The next time it dulls, you should take it to the rocks...(sharpening stones)
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    didnt you just have these honed by max?

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    Yes my only strop...yes max honed and fixed up all my razors..I have had my double sides strop ever since I had my first razor almost 6 months ago

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    pcdad,

    If that's your only strop, don't paste it. Get a secondary used leather strop and paste it instead.

    Or you can get a modular paddle strop and diamond spray the felt module and paste the smooth leather module on that strop.

    Just my 2 cents.
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    whas wrong with paste or spray on my strop?
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    Nothing wrong with paste or spray on that strop Per se.
    The thing is, if that is your only strop, then you will be left with no daily strop.
    Buy another strop or paddle for that.
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