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Thread: Does stropping and paste eliminate need for honing?
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09-17-2014, 03:55 PM #8
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Thanked: 3215Yes it can, but for most novice stropper, the problem is perfecting the stropping technique. Stropping with a pasted strop can ruin an edge much faster.
The trick is to go slow, keep the spine on the strop and pay attention when stropping. Though lifting the spine just once could ruin the edge.
The amount of metal you are removing is so minimal that altering the blade would take many, many years for you to see any difference in the bevel.
There are a number of pastes available and each produces varying results depending on a number of variables, edge condition, substrate, pressure and stropper’s ability.
Chromium Oxide is a good paste to begin with, make sure you are using a pure Chrome Oxide, designed for razor use. Do not use woodworking or hardware store “Green Compound”.
Proper stropping on linen and leather alone can keep you shaving for a long time. Many guys maintained a single razor for hundreds of years with linen and leather. Again the trick is Proper Stropping.
Welcome to the forum, read the library and go slow when learning.