Thread: Applying Dovo paste to a strop

I haven't used the Dovo paste so I'm not 100% sure this will help, but it should at least give the general idea.

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When learning pastes, I think balsa wood will work fine. I buy it in 3 inch by 3 foot sections, cut it in half to give #2 3 inch by 1.5 foot sections. Or, 4 sides to paste and experiment with.

While you are experimenting, no need to paste the wood to anything. Use it as is. At $3 per board, from a hobby store, you can't go wrong!

(When you decide which pastes you will be using, you might want to glue it down. See the wiki's here.)

Dovo red is rather agreesive, similar in finish to a 8k grit hone.


Not at all the same as 0.5um ChromOx, or something along those lines, just for your information.

Dovo red paste i have a strop pasted with red dovo it is infact like the old rouge i being a barber and noing a 78 year old barber he used coticule and red roug on leather i prefer issards paste that stuff can realy bring back an edge followed by cr.5 oxide is very good . red sovo does work and its easy to get old of i used it the other night i honed a blade on coticule stropped 40 laps on red and the edge was passing hht quite easy you have to try and see what you think good thing about dovo paste it goes on desd easy just put a thew pea sizes amounts on and rub in it will be dry in an hour.