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    Senior Member Bladerunner's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ramroddc View Post
    Seriously, why does anyone paste anything? that is the one thing I read about that just doesn't make sense to me. If you hone or have it done it seems to me all you need is a dry piece of leather to strop with. What am I missing?............JR
    Pasting happens naturally. Once you have worn out a few strops you will understand. Your first "pasted strop will be one coated with ferrous oxide. Thats the residue your razor leaves behind on a virgin strop. You will notice that over time your stop darkens. That is the residue from your razor. Time will age this into ferrous oxide. In days gone by to protect the blade from rust graphite was or lampblack was added to the strop for protection and to extend the life of its suppleness.

    In another 5 years you will wear out another strop and another genius idea will hit you, and ....you get it.

    Just hang in there. Give it about 10 year or so.

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    Also some people use paste instead of hones for most of there sharpening needs.

    For the original question DOVO Black is 1-2 microns and Red is 3-4 and bladerunners 12K and 8K equivalent are pretty much right on. As far as getting the paste off I would say you never going to be able to get it all off but while I have not tried it myself I know some guys use graphite in very trace amounts on there everyday strop. Dovo black is graphite so if a little is left over I am not sure it would be completely detrimental to your blade. For a product that hasn't been mention that seems to do the trick of getting rid the paste would Goo-Gone. You could also try removing the excess as best you can and then sanding the leather down untouched leather but even this might not get rid of everything.

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    After cleaning off the paste you might try stropping on it extensively with some hardened steel, maybe use a junker razor. Paste does wear with use, and that would help break down what remained.

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    Here is a suggestion I have read of in the past.

    Make up some lather and put that on your strop as a lubricant/holder after which you would lightly scrub/clean the offending side of the strop with a pumice stone.

    Do be aware that if you are starting with a strop which is completely smooth the above routine will slightly roughen the surface.

    Attention! Do not be tempted to substitute sandpaper in place of the pumice stone. The pumice stone is used to slightly abrade/clean the leather surface and might (inevitably) leave some particles of itself behind. The point here is, however, that pumice is softer than steel. Many sandpapers (especially the Silicon Carbide variety) contain particles which are harder than steel and if used for this cleaning operation will leave those particles behind in the leather and could potentially scratch your precious straight razor much worse than the stropping paste you are trying to remove.

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