strop compound

[yujiro hanma]

i want know what kind strop compound to get, i saw dovo, diamond in tube- 1 micron, and tormek paste. which brand should i get. the strop will be my final sharpening after sharpening on waterstones.

 

[stitchawl]

If there is a 'Tokyu Hand' store near you, their green Chromium Oxide is just the right size (both grit size and bar size) for final hand stropping. They also sell powdered grits going down to 30,000.


Stitchawl

 

[yujiro hanma]

If there is a 'Tokyu Hand' store near you, their green Chromium Oxide is just the right size (both grit size and bar size) for final hand stropping. They also sell powdered grits going down to 30,000.


Stitchawl

no store like that near my home

 

[Alberta Ed]

The green chromium oxide from Lee Valley Tools is good stuff. It's Canadian but they do a lot of trade to the US. Also a wide selection of sharpening stuff and some excellent books.

 

[Magnaminous_G]

Green compound is a great general finish, but the real question is: what do you want to do with the compound?

"What compound should I get?" is like asking "What car should I get?" What is your goal?

 

[yujiro hanma]

Green compound is a great general finish, but the real question is: what do you want to do with the compound?

"What compound should I get?" is like asking "What car should I get?" What is your goal?

i just want a basic strop to achieve razor for final strop. but the problem that is there too much compound out there. i dont know what one to get

 

[Bigfattyt]

What are you sharpening? What do you intend to cut? How fine are your stones?

I finish with green chromium oxide on all my knives. Honestly, the strop compound I use is pretty crappy cheap stuff (a $4 dollar tube of green compound #6 fine metal polish with the red top from Harbor Freight).

It is decent enough to get my edges sharp enough to whittle free hanging hair off my wife's head.

That is all the sharper I need. I am sure, that the compound particle size is much larger than the better more expensive compound. But I just can't seem to use it all up (I have 1/2 of the tube about the size of a nickel roll left). It has lasted me for well over 5 years!

Before anyone can be sure they are giving you the proper advice, they need more information.

If you are sharpening razors, or hard use chopping knives, the answer will be different. (I use the chromium oxide on everything, by the way. Big choppers, small folders, etc).

 

[yujiro hanma]

What are you sharpening? What do you intend to cut? How fine are your stones?

I finish with green chromium oxide on all my knives. Honestly, the strop compound I use is pretty crappy cheap stuff (a $4 dollar tube of green compound #6 fine metal polish with the red top from Harbor Freight).

It is decent enough to get my edges sharp enough to whittle free hanging hair off my wife's head.

That is all the sharper I need. I am sure, that the compound particle size is much larger than the better more expensive compound. But I just can't seem to use it all up (I have 1/2 of the tube about the size of a nickel roll left). It has lasted me for well over 5 years!

Before anyone can be sure they are giving you the proper advice, they need more information.

If you are sharpening razors, or hard use chopping knives, the answer will be different. (I use the chromium oxide on everything, by the way. Big choppers, small folders, etc).

i use 600/1000/5000 gesshin water stones, i want to strop for some of my knifes that i use for cutting plastic wraps, boxes at my work

 

[BluntCut MetalWorks]

i use 600/1000/5000 gesshin water stones, i want to strop for some of my knifes that i use for cutting plastic wraps, boxes at my work

For those tasks, strop your 1K edge (after the 1K gesshin) on a dry 5K stone - just a few strokes to partially smooth out the 1K tooth. Then a few strop strokes on bare leather to do a final clean. This edge should draw/slice plastic wraps & boxes well.

For slice+push cutting, strop 5K edge with any compound with grit less than 1 micron: green/white(alox)/cbn/diamond. Instead of compound, try strop on newsprint (with alot of black ink). Final step, strop on bare leather. For the 'one' compound, I would get either 0.5 micron CBN (Cubic Boron Nitride) or 0.25micron diamond. Either one should able to handle any type of steels, yup including super duper alloy rich steels.