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    Thumbs up Self-Honing Strop

    Thought this was interesting and everyone might enjoy. It's on page 441, hope the link works.


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    See, I was talking about a contraption like that a few months ago and people thought I was pulling their leg.
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    Ah, how sweet it is to have the proof

    I would like to make one but no funds to support that. I would be willing to pay for one, as long as it wasn't outrageously priced (like most strops seem to me).

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    Great post! I also love the "electrically-operated screwdriver article." Ya can't call yerself a man without one of them there electricity screwdrivers nowadays!

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    so crocus is the same as? It seems they recommend a paddle strop over a hanging strop?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shoki View Post
    so crocus is the same as? It seems they recommend a paddle strop over a hanging strop?
    No idea what Crocus is either but the strop thing yea. From what I can gather it is harder to roll the edge with a paddle like you easily can with a strop, no give no roll I guess.
    At least that is what I am taking from it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TSasser View Post
    No idea what Crocus is either but the strop thing yea. From what I can gather it is harder to roll the edge with a paddle like you easily can with a strop, no give no roll I guess.
    At least that is what I am taking from it.

    You can still roll the edge if you dont keep the razor flat. I still prefer a hanging strop.
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    Crocus cloth is a sanding cloth. I think it might be the same as some of the chromium powders?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nun2sharp View Post
    You can still roll the edge if you dont keep the razor flat. I still prefer a hanging strop.
    True enough. I have a Hanging Strop only but am interested in a paddle or something similar to that.

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    Crocus cloth is a sanding cloth. I think it might be the same as some of the chromium powders?
    That makes sense. The claim is to sharpen as well as polish.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Shoki View Post
    so crocus is the same as?
    It is a very fine form of powdered iron oxide, like jewellers rouge but suitable for polishing iron (the difference is that jewellers rouge is heated to a lower temperature during formation, so it is suitable for soft metals like gold, whereas crocus was heated to a higher temperature, giving a darker powder that was more suited to harder metals like iron).

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