When I first started a few months ago, I got a small package of crome-oxide powder from Chris. You can get it at hand-american, but you have to get so much of the darn stuff, its cheaper and easier to just get the small envelope Chris will send you.

I had just made my strop and had a piece of left over leather, perfect for a paddle strop. I intended to paste it up, but never got around to it until tonight.

I've been shaving with the same razor for two months straight now, and finally I felt it was losing a bit of it's edge, so I took out Chris's instructions and went to work. I'm probably not the only one on here that was a bit doubtful the first time they put that green-paint-looking concoction (once mixed with some oil) on their strop. I don't know what I thought it would do, but I didn't imagine it would bring my razor back to day-one shape.

Did 10 laps on it. Let me tell you, this stuff is actual magic. Real magic, in powdered form. And then liquid magic before it dries on the strop. And then you have a magic strop that makes your razors magic. If you don't have this stuff, you need to get some, pronto.

Thanks Chris!!