Thread: Felt strop crox question

I always strop 20 strokes on felt before stropping on leather. I am considering covering the felt with chromium oxide and only using it when the edge needs freshening. Anything wrong with this idea?

i bought some spray Crox from SRD and sprayed the back side of my felt strop with it. would be interested to know what others opinions are though.

I think I want it on the front side of the felt. I am not sure I see the value of the felt by itself but do see the value of easily accessible chromium oxide.

I have my crox on a separate strop to my daily strop, and it is a leather paddle. It does not see very much use for razors though. I like it away from my daily strop just to make sure if doesn't get everywhere.

I have a felt strop I only use when refreshing my razor with crox spray. When i feel my razor needs a touchup i use the felt strop around 10 passes and then move on to the leather strop after.

does anyone use a felt strop for their daily strop? i guess i was under the impression it could be used in place of linen or nylon.

absolutely. It is the second material on my daily strop. I use the plain felt to clean my blade and warm it up for the leather every day.

+1 on RezDog's routine. Been doing the same thing for at least 5 years with great results. I do 20+ felt then leather before shaving and 20+ on felt after shaving.

Felt, cotton, linen, etc. serve the same purpose, cleaning and warming the blade. Crox on felt works real well for touchups.

I would have to add that while felt, cotton and linen etc.can preform some of the same tasks I don't believe they all can do the same things.

For instance I find that genuine Flax linen and to some extent Hemp canvas have a noticeably more abrasive nature than felt, suede leather, nylon strapping or cotton cloth.

I use Flax linen right after razors come off the stones and find that it's abrasive quality helps the edges before stropping on leather. I also use it weekly to keep my edges running smoothly, my face doesn't get along with Crox so I find this genuine Flax linen to be a better alternative for me.
I just wish it wasn't so difficult to find as I haven't been able to source it here in the USA.

I keep my pasted strops and unpasted strops separate. The pasted leather paddle strops are used for occasional refreshing and as a step between my 8K hone and my unpasted strops.

I like genuine unpasted flax linen for daily stropping before the leather. However, some do not like to use unpasted cloth before leather and use leather alone.

I use pasted strops for refreshing only when the unpasted strops start losing their effectiveness on my shave ready edges. Wiping the unpasted leather strop with a damp cloth towel to remove wax from the tanning process and other accumulated crud from the strop surface may also help wake up a strop that seems to be losing its effectiveness. Wiping with a damp cloth should be infrequently needed.

HTH