Thread: multiple bench strops and compounds???

im new to the world of stropping but i have did a fair bit of research. right now my finest stone is a 4000 grit king super deluxe and a nagura stone (im going to retire my king 6000). i was thinking about setting up multiple strops to follow the 4000. my idea is to make 4 leather bench strops:
1. 3 micron diamond
2. 1 micron diamond
3. 0.5 micron chromium oxide
4. plain leather.

how does this setup sound?
does diamond spray work well with leather?

p.s. i've even heard of people using 3M micropore tape on glass as a bench hone, what does everyone think?

I'm sure others with more experience will chime in here eventually but I've only used CrOx on a leather paddle and have used that straight off an 8k Norton with fine results. Not really sure if going through 3 or 4 different pasted strops in sequence is gonna do much...to get different results from one after different hones, maybe.

Hey Jim your setup there should work good. I currently use a bevel setting hone and then 9 micron diamond, DOVO Green, Red and Black all on leather in progression and get really nice edges. I go into more detail here http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...ugh-guide.html. Diamond for me has always worked well on leather but I have only used the diamond paste and not the spray.

As to the mirco tape the wiki as a guide to that here Using micro abrasive film - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Good luck and have fun

Originally Posted by Castel33

Hey Jim your setup there should work good. I currently use a bevel setting hone and then 9 micron diamond, DOVO Green, Red and Black all on leather in progression and get really nice edges. I go into more detail here http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...ugh-guide.html. Diamond for me has always worked well on leather but I have only used the diamond paste and not the spray.

As to the mirco tape the wiki as a guide to that here Using micro abrasive film - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Good luck and have fun

it's good to know that you get good results using a wide array of compounds.

the tape i was referring to was 3M micropore tape not the micro abrasive film.

If you are going to use three different strops with different media and then leather, it will be very important to employ sharpness testing after each step, whatever your choice there might be, to be able to evaluate which steps work best and where any problems are cropping up.

When talking to Jimmyhad once he told me about someone who honed on the norton 4/8k and then used a progression of diamond sprays on strops and they got wonderful edges. I don't see why this wouldn't be something you could do too.