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I have this modular paddle strop and it comes with one side of clear leather intended for pasting. I'd like to some 0.5 CrOx paste or diamond spray for basic maintenance , but can't find a decent vendor in the UK/EU.
The vendor who sold me the strop doesn't do 0.5, only 0.25. I'd have loved to get the SRD diamond spray but postage costs make it an impractical option.
Any suggestions?
I got mine from here. Crox and Feox cheap.
Chrome Oxide Green
Iron Oxide Red 110 M, light
What were the shipping costs for those? I have been looking at them myself, as they are said to be of good quality, but I was unable to find shipping costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by eddy79
To Australia was about 7 bucks.
I was under the impression, from other threads, that that CrOx is 0.3?
You're right, they sell 0.3 micron crox and 0.1 micron ferrox. I'm not sure you'll notice the difference when shaving, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by phunni
Hi. I got some 0.5 cro ox from thiersisard.co.uk for £20 they also do thiers issard diamond paste but its quite pricey. They do their own diamond paste too which is cheaper. Steve Dempster whos the vender also has sister sites dovo.co.uk and the invisible edge. Ive brought loads from the sites and he also hones and restores. A great person to do bussiness with.
Neil Miller at stropshop.co.uk does diamond sprays which are about £12 which Ive also used so you cant go wrong with either. Neil also makes his legendry strops too. Ive got his bridle leather with natural linen which is beautiful to look at and use. Many people on this site has his strops and can attest to his craftmanship.
Good luck
That's interesting, I emailed Steve and he said they didn't do 0.5 ...
Sorry I assumed the cro ox was 0.5 either way its great to use. Just had a look at strop shop and theve got cro ox powder but dosnt say what grit size. They appear to have run out of 0.5 spray. I got mine a few months ago, im sure they will have some soon.
i order my CrOx from Larry at Whipped Dog....i order like 5 packets of the 0.3 micron CrOx and 5 packets of 0.1 micron FeOx powder....mix them into a finger paint consistency using some mineral oil and then paint the surface of my own Balsa strops that i make for myself....comes out awesome and really keeps my razor perfectly shave ready....the powder he gets seems to give very consistent results and the packets are only $5 each and last forever...since you need so little
I'm sure (having bought stuff from him before) that Larry is great value, but I want to avoid buying from the US as postage costs are higher and there is also (from experience) a much greater chance of things getting lost/damaged in transit.
I've just been through all of the sites associated with the invisible edge and can confirm they do not do 0.5 paste. The reason I particularly want 0.5 is simply due to what is on the wiki here in the "Basic advice on grit size alone" section. It seems from there that .5 and then perhaps 1 are good grits to have.
It looks like strop-shop might be my only hope - if and when they get 0.5 in stock. Although I can't believe there's no one else in the EU who sells 0.5 micron!
Im sure stropshop will get some in. You can email neil from his site and he will let you know if and when. I guess that grit sizes are quite subjective and different pastes/sprays from different manufactures will have various results, again leather or balsa etc will have an impact on pastes or sprays. I use the thiers issard cro ox on a double sided leather paddle strop and I find that I get a nice smooth shave from it whatever the grit rating.
Good luck on your find!:)
Try Taylors 1000 or Uk merchant on Ebay. Im not sure but I think Larry uses the kremmer pigment too from what I read some where. There wont be much difference between the .5 and .3 crox though. Just do a few extra laps to make up for the different size and the razor should be even more refined than the .5