The constroption..

[jgreenepa]

At Matt’s request I‘m starting a thread on my constroption, a four sided pasted stropping tool with 4 levels of graduated pastes (0.5 microns, 0.25 microns, 0.1 microns, 0.05 microns). I purchased mine from Howard Schlecter of www.thePerfectEdge.com. I use it (10 strokes per side) after every straight shave daily. Recently, I‘ve begun incorporating a Swaty hone (2 drops of Smith’s honing oil and about 10-15 strokes) prior to the constroption to compensate for the dulling effect flatblading has on my straight edges. It’s working well for me! What are your thoughts.

 

[Luecke3262]

That’s pretty cool, I have several friends, like @RhoCurly who incorporate pasted balsa strops into their setups, but not to this effect. It looks like it would keep things partly tidy and more convenient and substantial than stacking them up and pasting to blocks of wood.

This reaffirms my interest in pasted balsa!


Thanks much for the post.

Anyone else have any experience with these?