View Poll Results: How many razors before you re-paste the strop

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  • 1-2 razors

    0 0%

  • Every 5 razors

    0 0%

  • Every 10 razors

    2 12.50%

  • Every 25 Razors

    2 12.50%

  • Every 50 Razors

    4 25.00%

  • Every 100 Razors

    4 25.00%

  • over 250 razors

    4 25.00%
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Thread: Poll: How often do you Re-paste your Leather strop

  1. 06-12-2013, 05:17 AM #1
    gssixgun
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    Question Poll: How often do you Re-paste your Leather strop

    I was doing some thinking from an e-mail I recieved this week about pasting a leather strop..

    The question was asked, how often do you re-paste your strop, or add paste to the strop. I thought about it and wanted to do a poll using the two most common components

    A Leather strop and CrOx paste, so take a second and think about how many razors do you strop, before you feel the urge to add new paste to the leather..

    If you are only stropping 1-2 razors then think about how many sessions those hit the strop before you feel it needs more paste...


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  2. 06-12-2013, 07:25 AM #2
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    No 'I have no pasted strop' option?
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  3. 06-12-2013, 08:56 AM #3
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    I've never felt the need for a pasted strop, but what do I know?
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  4. 06-12-2013, 09:43 AM #4
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    I have no pasted strop. I have never seen a pasted strop. I have never seen paste.
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  5. 06-12-2013, 10:17 AM #5
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    I have two strops pasted with crox. Both were pasted in December of 2009 and have seen A LOT of razors. I have not reapplied paste; as far as I can tell, they are still working.

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  7. 06-12-2013, 10:47 AM #6
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    I don't use pastes. I have some, I think, if anyone wants them for free. I had some diamond spray but threw it out.
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    Gentlemen,
    I pasted a strop several years ago and was not impressed with the results. I have not used paste since.
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    I put CrOx one time a year and a half ago and have not reapply since. Use it less these days, but still use it occasionally, every month, at least once or twice. Double O
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    I didn't vote because there is no applicable choice for my circumstances. I have a few pieces of balsa with diamond paste, a flatbed with chrom-ox, a Livi loom with chrom-ox, an SRD HandAmerican felt hanger with diamond spray, and finally a Tony Miller 4 sided paddle with paste. All pasted or sprayed when I originally got them years ago and never re-pasted/sprayed. OTOH, I almost never use anything but the Livi loom and that rarely. That old Escher yellow-green delivers the goods so I don't need to go to the other stuff.
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  12. 06-12-2013, 01:51 PM #10
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    I put every 25 razors. That is if I used this method regularly. Lately I'm liking the results I get straight off of the stones so I usually go from them to leather. Now, I go to a pasted felt strop, occasionally and only for fun.
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