pinklather
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I also use blackboard chalk, after a very light spraying of the canvas w/ spray starch used for ironing clothes. The more coarse canvas seems to smooth out a bit.
Bart said:I've tried all kinds of methods.
What works well to really plaster the pores is this:
This gives a good result, but the surface will give off a bit of dust on the razor while stropping.
Bart.
Bart said:I've tried all kinds of methods.
What works well to really plaster the pores is this: ...
jendeindustries said:Hey guys, I put in my opinion about the whole saga on my blog, here ...
pinklather said:I saw Tom's blog a few days back on another forum. I loved the orientation towards validation, replication. He's done a real service to the curious.
Update on paper stropping on stone:
tried paper on stone as the only stropping: shavable, but not particularly smooth or comfortable.
Tried stropping w/ linen and leather components backed by hard surfaces - okay, but no improvement from normal stropping w/ a hanging strop.
Longevity of the paper stropped Wacker edge: 5 shaves with regular stropping in between. No evidence of frailty or the edge being short lived.
So far, paper, then regular stropping has given best results.
Still to try: regular stropping, then paper - as Bart suggests.
pinklather said:Only a couple of razors tried where the paper stropping was done after linen and leather. If there's a benefit, I'm unable to detect it. Best results so far are paper after the stones, then linen/leather.