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    Default Boker strop/hone

    Sometime ago I bought a new Boker Silver Steel 140512. To know one's surprise they recommended buying their professional strop.
    Being a soft touch, I did so. It is a paddle strop - leather on one side a strip of slate on the other. I lapped the slate into flatness.
    I am leery of putting a blade on the slate; dry wouldn't be ideal but if water is used it will drip onto the leather side and damage it.
    Has anyone used a slate hone as a touch up? I am more inclined to use my Swaty or Naniwa 12000 for touch up and forget about
    the slate altogether.

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    This strop/hone is made by jemico for boker. I have the jemico version. I have used it as an everyday strop for awhile and a touch up stone. The stone is very fine and leaves a very nice edge on the razor. I do use it dry and it is works great.

    When I use this as an everyday strop I follow the old pike strop hone instructions of 2-4 laps on the stone and 20-30 laps on the strop works a charm.
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    If you want it wet,, a little dab of shave cream rubbed on the hone,, it won't run over the sides as much as water alone.
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    Thanks for the input. I will give it a try; I might learn to like it.
    Have you done anything to the leather?

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    Thank you. The shave cream sounds like a good idea.

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    Had to clean it a couple times but other than that nothing but palm rubbing

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