jeweler's rouge

[hidepounder]

Kate,

I warm it with my paint stripping heat gun. Set it on low and kind of fan it until it just gets a bit of a sheen to it. I leared the Wd 40 trick several years ago, I just couldn't get a piece of white rouge to stick on my new and improved strop very well. One of my older buds told me to spray the leather with WD 40 and it'll work alright. I found it will work sprayed on the stick too.

Good tip, Bruce. Thanks!

Bob

[Talfuchre]

The only problems I see with that solution TF is that it's 3 times as expensive and it is a 9.0 micron compound whereas the green one i use is a 0.5 micron compound.

Ugh, Rawhide,

I was pressed for time so I was not taking my time. lo ciento.

It is a little more expensive - but it will not have the problems mentioned in the post above. It is much easier to use and a little goes a long way.

It also comes in many different 'grits'.

Here is .25 micron if you want it. Look around.

http://www.classicshaving.com/catalog/item/522944/482837.htm

This is one of my passions as I am a knife guy as well. Here is a great page for finding compound and a very well made simple 4 sides strop:

http://www.jreindustries.com/sharpening.htm

Also - if you want to learn how to convex an edge of a knife - here is a great site with GREAT videos:

http://www.knivesshipfree.com/p4/Sharpenin...deos/pages.html

TF

Edited April 23, 2009 by Talfuchre

[Rawhide]

Ugh, Rawhide,

I was pressed for time so I was not taking my time. lo ciento.

It is a little more expensive - but it will not have the problems mentioned in the post above. It is much easier to use and a little goes a long way.

It also comes in many different 'grits'.

Here is .25 micron if you want it. Look around.

http://www.classicshaving.com/catalog/item/522944/482837.htm

This is one of my passions as I am a knife guy as well. Here is a great page for finding compound and a very well made simple 4 sides strop:

http://www.jreindustries.com/sharpening.htm

Also - if you want to learn how to convex an edge of a knife - here is a great site with GREAT videos:

http://www.knivesshipfree.com/p4/Sharpenin...deos/pages.html

TF

Man, now I'm interested...

I actually made one of those 4-sided strops for myself a while back, I use 800/1200/2000 grit wet/dry on three sides and a rouge loaded strop on the 4th side.

Works great.

[Talfuchre]

I convex my stuff - I use a mouse pad and 2000 grit as a sharpener. Then I move to leather strop with compound.

I move from black oxide, to green, to pink - to plain.

TF