stropping compound?

[darkwaters]

Jre compounds work great. Sears/home depot don't too waxy. They are made for power buffers.

 

[adaman04]

Jre compounds work great. Sears/home depot don't too waxy. They are made for power buffers.

For waxier compounds, you might need to heat it with a lighter, hair dryer, heatgun, etc. to get it rubbed in the strop well. Then it should be g2g.

 

[hung-solo]

Maybe

However, I think it was well worth the $.

The black cuts, and the green polishes. The black compound for touch ups

works wonders.

Of course YMMV

x2 i am sure there are other cheaper methods but those sticks of compound last a super long time. i have had mine well over a year and you cant tell that i have used it. i expect it to last atleast 10yrs.. i like the product a lot. i use the black on one side of a strop and green on the other.

 

[scotsmanspride]

Compound is not all made equally, Green compound from lowes or sears will not be of the same quality as from places like handamerican or BRKT. The difference in effectiveness is also dramatic, the cheaper compounds will have a hard time polishing knife steels and yield less than optimal results, AKA edges that are not as sharp.

Bar compounds are also designed to be used with power tools, they use a wax binder that through friction melts and evenly spreads on the power equipment.

Buy quality compound, it makes a difference.

You should also look into diamond compounds, they produce better/sharper results faster and on any steel.

Maybe this is why I can't get the green compound from sears to evenly coat my strop worth a damn and just switched to mothers.

 

[333rm]

I'm with Tony on the compounds from KSF. You'll get one black and one green bar in a box, they work great!

 

[kreole]

Put me in the "$25 is $20 too expensive" camp. I paid ~$5 shipped for a bar of green chromium oxide from ebay that will last me many years (have barely made a dent in six months) and polishes up an edge very nice and very easily.

 

[shawnpatterson]

i picked up some koyo 1 (K-1) green rouge.. It was a bit costly, $22< but i like it better than the diamond powder because im a novice and the K-1 is alot less aggressive.

 

[dogboye]

i just wipe the oil and ground up blade gunk from my stones onto my strop.

does the job for me.

Best idea I've EVER heard, and will probably work the best.

I don't buy compounds. I tried. Now, the best compound I've found is an
Arkansas stone, with a ceramic to back it up.

If I absolutely MUST have a convex edge, I just use 400 grit sandpaper, and it does everything I need it to.