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    A 24 hour wait peroid is not needed, the spray will dry in a matter of minutes and will be ready for use. When the strop does dry use your fingers and work the compound into the strop. I use a average of 1 spray for every 4 inches of length on a 3 inch wide strop. Start with one coat before going to a second coat as it can sometimes be too much.

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    Quote Originally Posted by knifenut1013 View Post
    When the strop does dry use your fingers and work the compound into the strop....
    Just double checking here, because I have never heard of this before,,,
    You have done this on a wool felt strop???? and used it on a straight razor??? and this DOES NOT pill up the strop????

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    Sorry not up with all the terms yet so I'm not sure how to answer your last question.The method I described is for a leather strop, I do not do the same for felt. Felt is not something you should be using as a finishing step anyways its a de-burring tool.

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    Excuse my ignorance, but are we actually talking about razors? I am wondering, because Lynn has tested this method on hundreds of razors, and when he says it works, I feel strongly inclined to believe him. NB I have been using a diamond sprayed felt strop for a couple of months now, and the results were excellent.

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    No matter if we are talking about a razor or a knife all edges are created the same way...through abrasion.FYI, I use all HA compounds an leathers and have used them for many years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by knifenut1013 View Post
    No matter if we are talking about a razor or a knife all edges are created the same way...through abrasion.FYI, I use all HA compounds an leathers and have used them for many years.
    Do you shave with your knives? Have you shaved somebody else with them?
    I don't care what you use, your posts show incompetence on the subject you are posting.

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    um... were talking about applying compound to a strop what does that have to do with knives?

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    uhm we are talking about applying compound on a strop for the purpose of honing straight razor, not knife. You have absolutely no evidence about the transferability from the area you have experience with to the area you are giving advice about.

    An edge that is perfectly good for a knife can be absolutely terrible for shaving.

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    Quote Originally Posted by knifenut1013 View Post
    Felt is not something you should be using as a finishing step anyways its a de-burring tool.
    OK, I'd suggest you stop giving advice about razors, until you get experience honing them.
    This is NOT a knife forum, we are talking about straight razors here - the things you hone to shave with.

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