Thread: Chrome-Ox from Woodcraft stores

close to me is a woodworking supply store that sells cromium oxide but the staff and the box it comes in does not state what grit/micron size, its green and putty like. the store is Woodcraft, anybody used this stuff is it 0.5

Some of the bar stuff (e.g. Formax (as from Woodcraft)) has particles as large as 6 microns. Hand American 0.5 CrO powder is of known quality.

I have a the green honing compund from Lee valley that I use - it works fine and is about .5 microns. I have used it on a leather paddle with no issues - the stuff at woodcraft - is it lee valley or woodcraft branded?

andy

The only two I would consider using personally are the hand american, and the sticks from classic shaving. In fact, I have used both, and sold balsa wood hones pasted with both.


The Hand American is well known for consistency around here, and is frequently sold in the classifieds for about $4. (I can say that because I'm not the one selling it )

The chromeox sticks from classic shaving are the same ones that Maestro Livi uses and sells with his loom strops. I don't even care what the micron size is. If it's good enough for a Master like Maestro Livi, it's good enough for you and me.



As far as the difference between the two, I don't see any difference in performance. It's just a matter of how you want to apply it.

I have been trying to find a good .5 micron chrome oxide product since I joined this outfit. Where does one find paste, powder, both? I have searched every search engine known to no avail. Please... someone find me this stuff or a reasonable facsimile!
Denny
300WSM

The crome-ox at Woodcraft is Formax as one of the above members posted and identified so I ordered the cro-ox from SRD along with the naniwa 12k and a dmt for lapping, after reserching this forum for a set up to keep my razors fresh

Japanwoodworker, sells CrO block that is the real deal.
You can also send an e-mail to Handamerican and they will hook you up with their CrO.

I use CrO from Veritas for about a year. And it's good for me.
I use it for stroping and polishing.

I used the one from the classified 4 buck great stuff

Originally Posted by wheelz74401

I used the one from the classified 4 buck great stuff

The stuff for $4 from the classifieds is the Hand American. If you want just enough for 1 or 2 pastings, that's certainly the way to go. If you want to have a supply, I'd recommend either buying a tub from hand american, a tub of paste from classic shaving, or one of the maestro livi crayons from SRD, as all of them will go a long way.

I've pasted half a dozen balsa wood bench hones with one of the crayons, and used 1/4 of it or less.

One of the $4 packets was 'just' enough to paste 3 balsa wood bench hones, which is enough for a strop, with left overs to re-paste it once.