Thread: Slurry on a strop

Howdy all,

Just wondering if anyone has tried using slurry on their fabric strop. Was wondering if this would be similar to a crox or diamond paste.

Same principle. Only possible problem is potential particle size variance. Could work for you. But using crox or any other known particle size strop dressing is a sure thing. Thinking out loud. Ken

I just heard this suggested on a knife sharping group on Facebook. They had mentioned using the slurry on a leather strop though rather than cloth

Crox and other pastes sort of eliminated the need for that, but why the heck not. What type/grit of slurry are you considering using? I had used some (finishing) type of jnat slurry in the past, done a couple of razors, but I wasn't blown away by the results, and so I never bothered again.

I'm interested in this as well, I've read / heard about this idea a lot, but can't remember if there were any results and what the outcome of those were

Not sure what kind I would try. I was going to say maybe from a jnat but if you didn’t notice much of a difference I doubt it’s worth it.

Originally Posted by basil

Not sure what kind I would try. I was going to say maybe from a jnat but if you didn’t notice much of a difference I doubt it’s worth it.

I can say that, when I make "mineral pastes" using jnat dust and oil (nugui), I can definitely see the difference in the polish on blade faces. It does make a difference, I'm just saying it's not that great, when applied to shaving edges. That's at least what I thought with a couple of stones I had back then. Jnats vary so much, that no definite conclusions can (and should) be drawn from these experiments of mine. I do recommend you to try, and hopefully have some fun while doing it.