Strop compounds - New Member

Usually [out of those] green will be the coarse (its CrOx) then red (which probabily won't work on steels, it's for softer metals, it's jewelers rough) then white is usually the finest.

I'd start out by applying green and white (to opposite sides) when use a penny, rub one side of the penny on one side and vise-versa, the side that is cleaner is the more coarse side.
 
Cereal_killer said:
Usually [out of those] green will be the coarse (its CrOx) then red (which probabily won't work on steels, it's for softer metals, it's jewelers rough) then white is usually the finest.

I'd start out by applying green and white (to opposite sides) when use a penny, rub one side of the penny on one side and vise-versa, the side that is cleaner is the more coarse side.
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Awesome, thank you.

I already applied the red to one side of the strop, is there a way I remove it and replace it with white compound?
 
Usually it goes
Black emery
Brown
Green
Blue
Red
White

Tho there's nothing that states this is always true, there's no standard.
 
jcmv4792 said:
Awesome, thank you.

I already applied the red to one side of the strop, is there a way I remove it and replace it with white compound?
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Just scrape it off or "color" over it with the white. Some red mixed in with the white isn't going to hurt things...red and white are so fine. Both just polish, no metal is being removed.

I stop at green myself. Then go to bare leather, newsprint, jeans, palm, etc at that point. If I'm feeling devil may care, I will load up some leather with Flitz polish.
 
I dont want to hijack the thread here, just have a question myself.

Guys, I myself can get an amazing edge on my knives.
Is there a compound aggressive enough to add to my strop block after a bunch of final work on the white sharpmaker stones.
I get an edge that is very refined and will easily push cut news print/paper towel and what not. Even hair whittle some times.
However is there something to add to my strop that will work it into a nice "almost mirror finish". Not super crazy but a nice uniform edge that is somewhat polished.
My edge is uniform, but I would like that little extra bit of umph without adding anything to my setup. I have some of the red compound embedded into my strop from when I purchased it and it does amazing things to finish off the edge.
Matt
 
Black emery will take off a bit of metal. Green is really where the metal removal stops and the polishing begins.

I suppose it all depends on how fine a finish you already have on the knives before you go to the strop hone. You may already be "at green."
 
I only use green or Zam for sharpening. Do not mix rouges on the strop. Once you have a bur edge the green with remove the bur and polish the edge.
 
How much compound should be put on a strop? Should it be very light(with mostly leather on the surface) or should it be caked in compound?
 
I still need help to know what compound on my strop will polish up the edge to a nice shiny finish. Aggressive to remove final sharpening marks but will not effect the edge?
Any clues?
Im reading everything here.
Perhaps I will just leave the strop as is. It refines my final edge in amazing time and brings back a dull edge relatively well. I might just be wanting too much without doing the work. I dont have the time to make a mirror edge. I will take my refined hair splitting edge and run with it.

Sonnydaze said:
Well, darn it, good for you. I have the tools; I lack the necessary skills. Does "older than dirt" make a difference? (ME, not the tools)
Sonnydaze
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BellaBlades said:
I dont want to hijack the thread here, just have a question myself.

Guys, I myself can get an amazing edge on my knives.
Is there a compound aggressive enough to add to my strop block after a bunch of final work on the white sharpmaker stones.
I get an edge that is very refined and will easily push cut news print/paper towel and what not. Even hair whittle some times.
However is there something to add to my strop that will work it into a nice "almost mirror finish". Not super crazy but a nice uniform edge that is somewhat polished.
My edge is uniform, but I would like that little extra bit of umph without adding anything to my setup. I have some of the red compound embedded into my strop from when I purchased it and it does amazing things to finish off the edge.
Matt
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I use a green chrome oxide on my strop and I get a near mirror-polish finish on my edges. Wicked sharp, too. Then I go to the bare leather.
 
very good to know,
I will try that, can you direct me to what brand you use so I can get the same result. Or just send me some or yours ;)
I may have to invest in a new strop for the bare leather and put the green on my current.
Thank you so much
Matt

NeilB said:
I use a green chrome oxide on my strop and I get a near mirror-polish finish on my edges. Wicked sharp, too. Then I go to the bare leather.
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I use black and green only. Mostly GREEN!! Green will get things REALLY- REALLY- REALLY sharp!!
 
BellaBlades said:
very good to know,
I will try that, can you direct me to what brand you use so I can get the same result. Or just send me some or yours ;)
I may have to invest in a new strop for the bare leather and put the green on my current.
Thank you so much
Matt
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You are welcome.

The polishing compound is from Formax, I think. I buy it from Amazon. There are a number of other suppliers and I rather doubt there's a dime's worth of difference between them all. :)

The strop I use with it is a simple leather over wood thing from Tandy, also bought off of Amazon. Again, there are no doubt a bunch of folks who can supply this sort of thing and there's not likely to be any measureable difference in their performance.

I do have a heavy, horse-hide leather strop for bare leather stropping. I use regular Fromm strop dressing on it. Good stuff.
 
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