Thread: Thiers-Issard paste

Ok so I bought the Thiers-Issard paste,I gave the linnen side of my strop a good rubbing,and performed about 30 strokes.Followed by 50 strokes on the leather.It seemed to improve my edge somewhat.But since there wasn't any instructions with the paste,I'm not quite sure I've done it right.Anyone got some experience with this?

Originally Posted by KristofferBodvin

Ok so I bought the Thiers-Issard paste,I gave the linnen side of my strop a good rubbing,and performed about 30 strokes.Followed by 50 strokes on the leather.It seemed to improve my edge somewhat.But since there wasn't any instructions with the paste,I'm not quite sure I've done it right.Anyone got some experience with this?

I'm using the Thiers Issard paste with excellent results.

Thiers Issard makes a special, broad paddle strop, with on one side a kind of black nappa leather and on th other side a plain tan fine leather.See Rasurpur.de

You should use the paste, holding it like a crayon, and very lightly rubbing on the black nappa leather.
Then use your finger to rub the paste into the leather.

After using my belgian yellow coticule, I lap my str.8 razor 10 times on this paddle (15 for stainless steel). It has 10.000 grit. You can also use it for very fine touch ups of the razor.

I finish afterwards with diamond pastes .50 and .25 on balsa.

I bought some and didnt like it originally. I have a 4 sides TI strop and have added it to one of the rougher leather.

What I did was to take a blow torch the kind you use for Creme Brulee in the kitchen and heated the paste on the crayon as well as the paste that was aleady on the stop.

I love the TI paste now. It seems to really help with problem razors. Any that I cant seem to hone enough to go to the CrOx I put to the TI paste. I find it very effective.

I used it on the linen side of my DOVO strop. It's very waxy and when you first apply it, the blade won't slide on the waxy surface. So I used a kitchen knife to scrape it and smooth it.

Eventually it settles down and it is very effective. It improves the edge off a coticule for example. I found the linen became a dirty black colour quite quickly, showing that it removes metal while it smooths the edge.