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19 September 2017 at 10:48 am
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I think I’ve heard him mention in one of his videos he uses Chromium-oxide to charge the strop.
Myself I use a pink compound, used for polishing stainless steel. No idea what it is (as it’s pink, I suspect aluminium-oxide, but not 100% sure), but it works fine. I’ve used liquid metal polished too in the past, and that worked as well.
The actual compound you use isn’t that critical, I think. If, after 30 (not 29! not 31! 🙂 and yes, I always count them) strokes the bevel is polished then one can reasonably expect the compound to be suitable.