Today I was talking to a guy that works with leather, and I mentioned to him my interest in straight razors. So immeaditly he asks if I sharpen and strop my razors and what method do I use to do so. I guess people who work with leather need sharp tools. But the long and the short of it were talking about stropping and he asks what I use to paste my strop I say cro2 he says he uses jewelers rouge on 1 strop and the white buffing compound on the other and right then and there it dawns on me the dovo pastes come in same color as the buffing compounds and the have similar composition. So does any one know if Dovo pastes are basicly the same as buffing compounds?