Thread: Hanging Pasted Strop

Thanx Lynn and everyone else. I was going to order the felt strop from SRD but I decided to use an older shelved leather strop and put some Neats foot oil on it and sprayed with .10 CBN, (this gave it a slight paste consistency). It works INCREDIBLY!!!! Brings the edge right back to that Wicked sharp BBS finish. Transformed my shaving!

Matt, just curious what are you using for a finish stone before CBN .10? What do the bevel & edge look like after CBN? Are you going straight from finish stone to .10 CBN?

I have found .05 Chrome Oxide, post finish stone reduces the jump to CBN Nano sprays and produces a finer and comfortable shaving edge. The stria on the bevel seems to have some correlation to comfort, for me. Nano Poly Diamond will get your edge sharp, but my face can’t take it. When viewing under magnification a lot of stria is present on the bevel and a saw tooth edge with Poly diamond.

CBN flattens the stria and the edge, much more comfortable than Poly Diamond.

Less is more, stria that is.

Very good observation Euclid. I go through the Shaptons ending with the 15K but lately have replaced that one with the 12k Naniwa. I then go to the CBN sprays, .5, .10 and .050 on Nano cloth. I then strop on leather, no fabric. After one shave, I've noticed a drop-off so this is when I run the blade on about 10 passes on this leather strop with the .10 CBN.
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In case that doesn't work:
The Secret To Creating The Perfect Straight Razor Edge - YouTube

Good progression and that was what I feared going to .10 CBN.

I too do a 1.0, .50 and .25 CBN progression post Thurigan finishing stone and get good results. My bevels are stria free like Matts in the YouTube video, but my edges last 2 weeks just stropping on Kanayama Cordovan strop, before refreshing on .25 CBN. The edge is still sharp but looses just a little crispness after 2 weeks. I though .10 might be too much.

Try just going to .25 and see what you think.