Thread: Sequence on SRD Modular Paddle

I've just got a modular paddle - god I love this thing. So I was wondering, and this may have been asked before but, what is your sequence on your modular paddle. So far mine is

1. Wool Felt
2. 0.5 Diamond Spray on Wool Felt
3. Rough leather
4. Smooth leather

I have no logic but this makes sense to me, 1. warming up, 2. sharpening, 3. something with alot of drag to take off the diamonds (that may sound wack but yeah...) 4. Nice and smooth for final strop. Feel free to be as detailed (i.e. how many laps I know I missed out) as you want with reasons. Thanks!

If I was maintaining a razor on the paddle, rather than on a hanging strop, I would use the unpasted fabric/felt followed by the leather just as I do with my hanging strop. If I wanted to add sharpness or smoothness to a shave ready razor I would use a pasted surface but that wouldn't be used too often. Really want to have it when I need it though.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

If I was maintaining a razor on the paddle, rather than on a hanging strop, I would use the unpasted fabric/felt followed by the leather just as I do with my hanging strop. If I wanted to add sharpness or smoothness to a shave ready razor I would use a pasted surface but that wouldn't be used too often. Really want to have it when I need it though.

+1 on that. I just use untreated felt/leater for everyday stropping, and diamond spray for touch ups or at the end of a honing sequence. Diamond spray doesn't get used very often.

If you go from diamond to leather direct, you will contaminate the leather. I would make sure to get the edge clean - same as honing.

+1. I always wipe the razor with a tissue after using a pasted strop for just that reason, to avoid contamination of the leather.

Thanks guys. I've just used it once so I think my scrub leather is ok.

+1 with Robin and Stu. As an aside I also wipe between pastes. Once in awhile I do a progression on my balsa flatbeds or my 4 sided paddle from 3.0, 1.0, 0.5 to 2.5 and wipe in between so as not to contaminate one grit with another.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

+1 with Robin and Stu. As an aside I also wipe between pastes. Once in awhile I do a progression on my balsa flatbeds or my 4 sided paddle from 3.0, 1.0, 0.5 to 2.5 and wipe in between so as not to contaminate one grit with another.

I am sure that you mean 0.25 to finish off with.