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Originally Posted by Chrisl
The reality of using chromium oxide .5 micron powder for our purposes (final polish of razor edges and maintaining edges) is that the powder goes such a long way, the amount the size of a large almond could last someone a year or two if they use it to apply to a strop or two and also put some on newspaper for stropping. Seriously. A pound of chromium oxide .5 micron powder in volume would be about the size of a tennis ball or more. My point is, much much more than anyone would ever need for our purposes.
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Oh I was aware of that, it is just that I was currious and looking for web sources as hand american seems to be down.
So I was trying to figure out where I could actualy get some.
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The other point that is rarely brought up is that the chromium oxide we use is quite hygroscopic ("the ability of a substance to attract water molecules from the surrounding environment through either absorption or adsorption")
The wiki definition.
That could be bad for stropping delicate edges on what used to be powder but after being stored improperly for potentially years, could end up being unfriendly hard gritty chunks, etc.
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Would baking it clear that up? It does for some other highly hydro scopic things.