Does anyone use the Dovo White on their Canvas strop. If so do you use it every time you shave?
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Does anyone use the Dovo White on their Canvas strop. If so do you use it every time you shave?
I just posted yesterday that there are a lack of threads about this. I believe it was Seraphim that was advocating the Dovo white (can't remember the thread off the top of my head). Hopefully he'll see this and respond.
I don't use white, but I do use either black & red Dovo, or .25 diamond paste on my strops.
I never used to paste before every shave, but lately I only do about three or four laps on any of these pastes prior to stropping. It seems to be working out just fine. It's so little that I don't think I'm increasing my time between honing by very much.
I believe the Dovo strops come with the fabric side already impregnated with their white paste. So it would seem to be intended for daily use.
I used my Dovo strop daily for many months and it got the job done. When I washed out the factory paste it didn't work nearly as well. Cotton webbing also seems to benefit from some sort of mild polish such as the Dovo white paste or some other mild polishing agent, and my vintage linen strops all have some sort of white substance on them that quickly washes away with a toothbrush, soap, and water, so it seems possible that even linen benefits from some assistance. The trick to picking something to put on your daily linen is to make sure it is mild enough that it doesn't wear out the blade prematurely, and doesn't make the edge harsh the way 0.5 micron diamond can, or even make it duller like chrome oxide is sometimes reported to do. The Dovo white paste does a good job at this. I've been playing around with the white polishing bar from Harbor Freight and like the way it works - it's slow enough that I need about 10 laps to keep the razor sharp, but fast enough that I can refresh a dull edge in a hundred. I also want to pick up some of the Classic white lapping paste to see how it performs in this role - it sounds like it might work, but the devil's in the details.
i have used it almost 4 years. it is ok use it . if you like picture of it let me know. i will post.
sure that would be great.Quote:
Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl
I guess what I am asking is if it will eventually ruin my edge to where i cant bring it back on my 12k touchup stone and will have to go to a lower stone and reset the bevel
or
if it is just really really mild polish that helps and in no way harms the edge.
How many laps do you guys that use the white paste do before you go to leather before each shave.
answer to your question eventually you will need to go lower grit and set bevel and hone blade. Now how long time no one know.
i do approximately 10-15 passes no more then that then i clean edge of the blade and move leather side of the strop. will post picture a little late
hope this helps.
Do you like it better than plain canvas/linen/cotton with nothing on them?Quote:
Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl
yes it does speed up the process a lot.you don't need more then 15 .i have never done more then 10.Quote:
Originally Posted by pjrage
this is picture of strop with white paste. let me mention white dovo i bought it long time ago from classic shaving.
Yes, YES!
Use it.
Everyday.
It's like vitamins for your razor!
Seriously. Previously I was pretty unconvinced about the benefits, if any, of canvas stropping. I threw on some Dovo white and it made a noticeable difference immediately. Much, mucH milder than ChromeoX, or low grit diamond, so you can definitely use it everyday prior to regular stroppping.
The Dovo white fills in the weave, and makes the stropping much smoother, but the chalk, or whatever is in there really makes is a great edge maintaner/refresher.
Give it a go. I really doubt you'd be dissapointed.
how many laps do you usually do on the linen seraphim
and after a while will i still be able to refresh my edge with just a high grit stone like a 12k or barber hone or will i need to go to low grit stones to reset the bevel from using this paste.
If you're really worried about this, you can glue a piece of linen or denim to the back of a paddle strop with some barge cement, and use the dovo paste on that. This way the bevel will be pretty guaranteed to stay straight. I've become a big fan of the linen-backed paddle over the last 6 months or so.
I'd say that if anyone didn't want to use it daily a good compromise would be to paste the underside of your linen strop and compare. I know the weave of the linen on my TM is pretty much exactly the same on either side, so why not?Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan82
Right.
Or paste the outside, and if for some strange reason you decide you don't like the results (fresh, sharp, comfy edge), you can then unscrew and flip the strop to the unpasted side.
I used a Dovo Best Russian as my daily strop
for years, and the linen was the best I have
ever used in terms of performance. Tony's
genuine linen with the Dovo white paste would
probably be even better.
- Scott
I had one question about the white paste.
After using the linen side with white paste do you have to wipe the blade before using the leather side?
You know, I never used it, but I'd say yes. I know with the Cro2 for instance, if you don't, it'll get all over the strop....
I never have. I do with more aggressive abrasives like chrome oxide, but chalk is so mild and it wipes away easily with a damp cloth.
Fellas, you've got me interested. :)
How much of the white paste do you put on the linen, and how often do you need to re-apply it?
You put on enough white paste to fully cover the fabric and fill in the weave. 1 tube was just enough to do my TM canvas 3" strop.
I did mine about a year ago, still works like a charm.
How many laps do you do before you head to the Latigo?Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphim
20-30 maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by erictski
Sera,
Has the chalk charged cotton canvas strop changed color yet from any acquired swarf?
Hey Bruce, I can only speak for myself, but my Dovo
Best Russian was starting to get a little bit dark after a
couple of years worth of daily stropping. It was mostly
still greyish white, though (not black).
- Scott
How is the Dovo paste vs the TI white stick?
They're totally different, the Dovo paste is forQuote:
Originally Posted by PonderingTurtle
more frequent use on the linen, and the TI paste
is a sharpening paste containing diamonds. The
TI paste is used much like CrO or diamond spray/
paste, though think it is coarser.
- Scott