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Very nice explanation of the various compounds and when and how to use them!

My man laying down the knowledge! Thanks buddy.

Great video! Learned a lot. Thank you for your video & time👍 All the best 🙏

You are right about not trying to cover the whole strop with compound but the reason is you will always put it too thick, after time the whole surface will be covered by a very thin film of compound and the strop will work better and better. And your point about oil is well taken with one exception. Oil works well to adhere powdered abrasives. In the USA the standard compound for leathercraft is white jewelers rouge. I prefer black I find it works a little quicker when I have neglected my edge but always finish with green. I get my green honing compound from Lee Valley tools. I have no idea if it is any better but I know Leonard Lee spent many many years researching and writing his book on sharpening and I trust him ( most of my tools are 50 to 100 years old so not many issues with much harder tool steels) by the way I have been sharpening edge tools for leather and woodworking for 40 years and have made every mistake possible in sharpening equipment. Like most of your videos that I have seen, very well done

Excellent information not generally discussed. Many thanks.

Very informative and great explanation. Thank you.

I appreciate your research and explanation. -Thank you from Aurora, IL USA.

Bark River white compound alone is popular with those using power belts. For strops, the BR green is probably the most popular. I use BR black then BR green then BR white compounds on strops after sharpening with stones and to maintain the edge.

I just love this video!

Great video, I learned a lot.

Almost didn't watch, but hung in there.... Wow! 😲So glad I did!!! My first video was "making your own strop." 🧐It got me curious to hear more about the compounds as I'm new to the sharpening world.🤔 Thank you so much for these remarkably well done videos. I really appreciate the thought and time you put in to produce them.👍 Your newest fan!👏👏👏😁

For dialux I recommend you get red and gray The red is the fine and gray is coarse

You are a treasure chest of technical information

Very nice video after 3 years, ok why no oils at all? It's really confusing when everyone have a different opinion 🙈 for kitchen knife sharpening, what do you recommend as the first dialux? Black or white? I love courser toothy edge so you know.

Thank you 👌

My leather is 5mm thick ? Is this wrong for stropping? Thank you

Thanks i need this info

Do you have any opinion on luxor merard compounds ? Thank you

Hallo, ich habe mit Autosol jetzt noch echt viel nach dem schleifen rausholen können. Aber so als Ziel wäre ich auf dem Weg zu ner spiegelnden Klinge. Mit welchen Compounds würdest du ab da weiter machen?

I use the green for my straight razors

21:30 One of the ingredients for the "Picasso" Platinum blue is 'FLAVOR'. ?

Hello Jun! Good comprehensive video my friend. Thank you. One question: would you say that the Dialux black is comparable to Bark River black? I've been using the Bark River black and white for years but am interested to try some new products (saves me having to purchase from the US too). I was also very intersted to see that you construct your strops with skin out. That's interesting: I've always made my strops the other way around. Something else to try! Oh and did you see that Terrick gave you a plug? Good wishes Philip

What confuses me is that dialux black is (according to the manufacturer) for silver. Is this something that concerns us using it for leather tools, as these are made from steel?

If you want to view the chart that covers all the Dialux Compounds and their uses go here; www.eternaltools.com/blog/how-to-polish-metals-and-plastics-using-dialux-compounds I highly recommend them cheap and as effective as anything I've ever used.

How do you clean the strop after the strop gets a buildup from many applications?

Name some alternative of compounds

What about red?

Great video. Can one apply a black compound this time and a green one the next time to the same side of the strop?

Where can I get a printout of that sharpness guide

Thank you again for great information. My strops are unfortunately somewhat caked with long time use. Should I or can I scrape off the build up compound or toss them and start new? I have several shapes for specialized wood carving tools.

I have Dialux White - is ok also or do I need to buy green/black? Thx

Blue Rouge

Would’ve been knife to see a knife stropped and a cut test

nice

A simple 6 micron diamond emulsion will do a better job than ANY of those, followed by a 2 micron to finish.

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Great video. It makes sense for the Picasso (like the famous artist 🎨) compound to contain ceramic if it's for super steels. I mean, don't you have to use ceramic or diamond plates for super steels because they destroy regular wet sharpening stones.

Do you absolutely need leather ?

"Stroping Compound EXPLAINED!" Should read "stropping spelled wrong".

Stropping* Compounds* - get the title right.

This video is based on hardware products Definitely non professional Japanese knife makers always use professional compounds Including wax sticks with high concentration of chromium oxide. That is just one small example This video is a basic instruction for early amateur stroppers. Next time I would like you to explain the micron sizing of each of these compounds.