Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
I just rub it in like a dry abrasive. No water.
Well I read this too late. I have to say though that mixing it with a tiny splash of water made it very easy to spread the partagas-paste thinly and evenly. One side of the linen now looks cleanly and uniformly gray. I used it this morning, and the shave was excellent, but that means nothing because I'd just honed this razor. But I can say with certainty now, there's no smell, none at all. Even if you press your nose up to the linen. It did make a little cloud while stropping, which looked cool but I'm hoping it won't continue to do that...