Thread: Another Paste Question

To answer your original question yes you can use dovo red to touch up your blade. You would need a bunch of laps to get a good edge but the dovo red will give a nice shaving edge.

However if your blade has recently been touched up on a 12 k stone you would be going backwards slightly. But if you use it for awhile and start to notice that the edge is not good anymore your 12k edge is more or less gone at that point. You then can touch it up with the dovo red and I would not consider that going backwards.

Here is a post I did on paste awhile back and the dovo paste are what I mainly use http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...ugh-guide.html

Originally Posted by Castel33

But if you use it for awhile and start to notice that the edge is not good anymore your 12k edge is more or less gone at that point. You then can touch it up with the dovo red and I would not consider that going backwards.

This is exactly what I was visualizing. The only thing I have as far as a finishing hone is a Boss Barber Hone. What I was hoping to be able to do is use pastes until they stop working, then hit the hone followed by the pastes. I read on here about a guy who kept his razor going with a Barber Hone for years and Lynn says as much on the wiki. I like the simplicity of this. I figure, if my edge isn't feeling as keen, it's safe to say that the 12k finish is gone, which is what you are saying.

If your edge is shave ready there is no need for it to see anything but plain linen and leather until you start to notice a deterioration in the feel as you shave. if you catch it early a few laps on a barber hone or other finisher is all you need. if the edge is undamaged you would probably never need to worry about the bevel. yes you can use pastes to maintain for a very long time. But, eventually you will need a hone.

Though I have pastes I only use them on certain razors that seem to just like pastes. I prefer to just use a Coticule or Escher to maintain the edges.