I was just wondering if you use chromium oxides and diamond sprays on leather or felt strops, or if it even matters which one you use. Thanks for any help.
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I was just wondering if you use chromium oxides and diamond sprays on leather or felt strops, or if it even matters which one you use. Thanks for any help.
Ive tried it on all of them and settled on crox on hanging linen. I find the slight give of the hanger gives a more comfortable edge. YMMV though
was never a fan of any of them,On a whim I got some here For Sale - Gem Star Customs
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Is Crox powder,Put a new pce of Leather on my paddle, just rubbed it into the leather as is.
Works fantastic.
I use basic leather.
I use .5 micron diamond spray on the back side of my cloth strop, works great for touch ups.Quote:
Originally Posted by owen88
Frank
Has anyone tried CrOx on a hanging strop like a SRD Premium 1? If so how does it compare to the edge produced with CrOx on hanging linen/felt?
Backside of the leather on an old strop - great, quick way to touch-up an edge.
I used to use diamond spray on felt and it worked great
whatever you do, don't buy the big crayon block like I did. I bought the "good stuff" and think it's making a difference.
Yes - I'd heard about potential difficulties with the solid.Quote:
Originally Posted by gfro
I bought the liquid form, applied it a few times on the back of the leather on an old strop, let it dry, did another application, let it dry, and now it is very handy if I decide to touch up a blade. It's very convenient to be able to quickly touch up a blade with a few laps, and I was impressed that it does make a noticeable difference in the edge.
I have tried the back of a leather strop and it is indeed very handy however for me I found that the CrOx on balsa is much more effective.
I agree with everyone on using the chromium oxide with sucess.
For razors I use an old and well worn hanging leather strop rubbed with an SRP chromium oxide crayon. When I pull it really taught it seems to sharpen more than it smoothes the edge but with a little slack, it tends to do a much better job acheiving smoothness.
I have crox on a balsa board as well, and two other felt lined balsa boards pasted with Dovo Red and Green pastes. The Green is the more aggressive, with the Red being for somewhat dull blades, maybe needing a little more than the crox. I have used them on a few blades and they work quite well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Steel
I don't like the balsa board for the crox simply because I'm not sure if the entire blade gets even contact with the surface, whereas with the strop I know it does. Having said that, if I was to go balsa again for crox, I would get the felt lined balsa board, it's just enough of a cushion that you know the entire surface is getting good contact with the crox, and is somewhat of a barrier that if you lose an angle, your not carving the side out of the board and damaging the blade.
But again, it's whatever works for you, I was just impressed at how a touch up on the crox really does paste a bit of life into an edge that may not be quite there, but not yet ready for an all out refresh.
Cheers!
I agree about how impressive CrOx can be. Makes a pretty drastic difference. Also, I think I am going to give the felt on balsa a try (in accordance with my signature :) ). When stropping on my balsa I have been using an X stroke because I too have wondered about contact across the blade. Then again I haven't noticed anything either. Another plus of the felt is that I have heard it is a smoother edge. Now I will have to try it and make up my mind :) Pretty easy and inexpensive to try so why not? Going to fabric store after work to pick up a small piece of felt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phrank
SRD sells a block of CrOx and a liquid. I got the block, and it's great. That one is a higher grade than the block that you find at Woodcraft.
I use diamond and CrOx spray on hanging compressed felt.
Stick/crayon CrOx on linen.
Why, it is what I have found works best for me. I still do not use them on every blade but as I am in this longer I find my preferences change, so I do go back and experiment. If I don't like an edge a few light strokes on the 12k will put it right back.( I will do a couple of back hone/strop strokes on the stone first) this has been what works for me.
I have crOx on felt, have never tried it on anything else. I would be interested in trying Diamond just to see the difference
For one thing, you may find the diamond spray cleaner to work with and around. I simply lay my strop over newspaper, exposing the side that I wish to treat, spray it down and rub it in and then hang it up to dry for 24 hours before using. On a white linen strop, the spray is of course invisible and the visual feedback you get after using it a few times shows you that it's working with evidence of the metal from the blade being left behind.Quote:
Originally Posted by Trimmy72
This is of course, yet another YMMV issue too. But, I took Lynn's advice early on and started using this from day one as a quick, easy touch up method.
Frank