Thread: Your Preference - Pasted Linen/felt, etc. or Leather or Balsa

Use paste on a Cotton Sport's Belt. Originally did it not to ruin my linen or leather strops but found that it works very, very well.

i use chromium on felt, i also have .5 diamond on scrub leather but prefer the cromium

I generally use leather alone without pastes, but sometimes I'll go with leather all by itself, or both.

I have a couple military style belts. Im gonna give it a shot with some crox powder.

Oh, let's see.

CrO 0.5 on webbed fabric, a herringbone cotton strop, a SRD Premium English bridle, and on a Premium 1 SRD paddle leather.
Diamond paste 0.25 and 0.5 on Hard pressed felt strops, both hanging and paddle.
CBN 0.125 spray and 0.1 paste on a couple Roo strops, and on a Scrupleworks cowhide strop.

The CBN on Roo is my preferred method, but in honesty, I don't use paste or sprays all that much anymore.

I've also played with films a bit, all the way down to 0.03micron, but I'm not a huge fan of that.

Originally Posted by ace

I generally use leather alone without pastes, but sometimes I'll go with leather all by itself, or both.

Huh? Oh, wait, funny!

Lots of different approaches. I'm not hearing any consensus and I can't say I've found the magic for myself. I most commonly use spray on CrOx .5 on felt for 15 trips or so, often followed by .1 CNB on felt. It sharpens the razor nicely for around five shaves.

Does anyone strop on linen, then do the pasted/sprayed felt followed by stropping on leather vs the alternative which would be pasted/sprayed felt, then linen then leather stropping? Anyone think there's a difference?

Cubic boron nitride on a paddle strop is keeping my razors going and giving my hones a rest. I got the Jende Industries spray bottle: excellent stuff.

I have never met a rock honed razor that couldn't be improved by pastes.

That being said I really like chromium, iron or cerium oxide on linen hanging strops.

Have you tried this system with and without using a razor?

Originally Posted by ace

I generally use leather alone without pastes, but sometimes I'll go with leather all by itself, or both.