Hey everyone, I wanted to get your guys opinion and why you do it that way but I have a spare leather strip and I’m thinking of using my dmt .50 paste on it but not sure where I should apply it. Should I apply it on the rough side or smooth side. What are your guys opinions and why.
DMT paste help
- Thread starter Stapelfeld
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Smooth side
Try it on both sides.
Why? Because then you will know for yourself which way was best for you.
Someone else's experiences with a different razor, using different pastes, different amounts of the paste, on different leather, will not be the same.
For example, at one time I was getting best results with Hand American .5 and .25 mono-crystalline diamond spray on the rough side of a dyed long nap nubuck hide.
The blades were mostly half-hollow Sheffields honed to 5k on synths first.
Same razors, same honing, using diamond pastes of same particle sizes, not sure of crystalline structure but probably polycrystalline, I preferred using cotton webbing.
It's a big YMMV thing...
Why? Because then you will know for yourself which way was best for you.
Someone else's experiences with a different razor, using different pastes, different amounts of the paste, on different leather, will not be the same.
For example, at one time I was getting best results with Hand American .5 and .25 mono-crystalline diamond spray on the rough side of a dyed long nap nubuck hide.
The blades were mostly half-hollow Sheffields honed to 5k on synths first.
Same razors, same honing, using diamond pastes of same particle sizes, not sure of crystalline structure but probably polycrystalline, I preferred using cotton webbing.
It's a big YMMV thing...
