Paste recommendations for canvas side of hanging strop?
I know there's much debate about the use of the canvas side of the strop, and whether to paste or not. I need some advice for my #1 hanging strop which is on it's way to me from Tony at the moment.
My options are:
1. Leave it without anything on.
2. Apply a little Thiers Issard strop paste* as I have some here already.
3. Buy a different strop paste.
I already have a belgian yellow coticle, and a double sided paddle with 1uM and 0.5uM diamon pastes.
Any suggestions?
I'd prefer to make best use of what I already have and avoid buying more kit at this point in time.
Thanks. :)
* http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...944/564416.htm
Paste recomendations for canvas side of hanging strop
Just to chime in. I use Dovo white paste on Tony's canvas side but just on the edges. More to stop the canvass from shedding than sharpening the razor.
On some other strops, I use Ivory soap, plain old bar, again, just on the edges to stop the linen from sheding.
But this is only me. I think that, by the time that razor hits the bathroom, honning, polishing is over. The razor is now on my good strop, so I just strop it.