Applying Veritas Honing Compound?

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The FedEx truck just brought me my stick of Veritas honing compound, the green kind, and a single sided leather strop. I was wondering the best way to apply the compound? I liberally rubbed the stick on the leather and proceeded to strop some of my already sharp knives. It seemed to work, but it doesn't seem to spread very well. Does it apply, even if you don't see the green color on the leather? Should I have done something to the leather first? The instructions did not indicate that I should have. I would imagine that over time, it gets better and better. Liken this to diamond hones, they need a break in period as well. I would appreciate some feed back, and I have already read the Veritas Compound thread that appeared about a week ago, in case you were wondering.

Initial results on various alloys. Best- Stellite 6K, Moderate- AUS-8A, and Sanvik 12C27, No Difference- AUS-6.

Thanks

 

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[Alberta Ed]

Warm it up with a blow dryer and rub it in by stropping with your knife blade or spread it with a cloth. This is good stuff. A stick lasts a long time.