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08-23-2008, 01:31 AM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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How do I contact this Chris L. I tried to send...
How do I contact this Chris L. I tried to send him a message but I was unable to.
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08-23-2008, 01:01 AM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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I went to the flashchat barbershop chat room but...
I went to the flashchat barbershop chat room but no one is in there.
So what do you think of the idea of honing, useing the red paste, the .5 Cr paste, and then the leather strop.
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08-23-2008, 12:49 AM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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Can I put the diamond paste on a loom strop? ...
Can I put the diamond paste on a loom strop? Classicshaving.com says that it should be used with a with a high quality compressed leather bench hone.
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08-23-2008, 12:41 AM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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Thanks for all of the info, you have given me...
Thanks for all of the info, you have given me alot to think about. It is very interesting how the hone become less abrasive as it dries out.
What paste would you suggest ...
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08-23-2008, 12:18 AM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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I don't have many surfaces to put paste on. I...
I don't have many surfaces to put paste on. I have a loom strop with red dovo paste and bare leather. I wanted to paste the bare side with a paste to help transition the edge from hone to strop. ...
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08-23-2008, 12:04 AM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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What do you mean by 'letting it go to dry to...
What do you mean by 'letting it go to dry to squeak the most out of it'?
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08-23-2008, 12:02 AM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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So I should nix the dovo green paste, and put .5...
So I should nix the dovo green paste, and put .5 micron diamond paste on a strop, then progress from the hone to the red paste, the .5 micron diamond paste, then the leather strop?
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08-22-2008, 11:46 PM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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I do about 20-30 laps with the red paste. When...
I do about 20-30 laps with the red paste.
When I hone, I do the pyramid reps suggested in The World of Straight Razor Shaving. 3-3 1-3 1-5 on 4000/8000k norton. Then I strop with the red paste... -
08-22-2008, 11:12 PM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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What about the dovo red paste? Should I use it...
What about the dovo red paste? Should I use it after I hone?
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08-22-2008, 10:46 PM
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I just watched 'The World of Straight Razor...
I just watched 'The World of Straight Razor Shaving' again and Lynn said that the green paste, it looked like the dovo paste, was .5 microns.
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08-22-2008, 10:27 PM
Thread: Polishing after honing with pastes
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Polishing after honing with pastes
I am getting an OK shave after honing but I want my razors sharper.
I don't have a coticule stone, but I have a dovo loom strop with green and red dovo pastes, and a linen and leather dovo hanging...
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