Honing Compound PA70 for Use with Tormek Sharpening Grinders T-7, T-4, and T-3, and also other leather strops. Creates Razor

I have a 4 stage sharpening system using the 1×30 belt sander1. profile a blade with 220 grit $2 belts. (most blades don’t need to be re-profiled)2. convert the angle on the blade from 22 degrees to 12 degrees with 600 grit belt, about $63. use the surgisharp leather belt without the steel backing and this honing compound to make a convex edge.4. use the surgisharp leather belt without the steel backing and 1 micron honing compound to make a convex edge.This honing compound is about 6 micron and replaces my 9 micron belt, the grit also lasts longer, does not cause as much heat (or more accurately the heat goes into the compound where it gets dissipated, instead of into the steel)The cork belts in theory should work instead of the surgisharp leather belts, but I found that the radius of the cork was too sharp, and I ended up with dull knives. The leather belts worked perfectly.I have reviews of those belts on amazon too if you check my reviews.

This actually surpassed my expectations. I use it in a bench top leather strop . I liked it so well I pretty much and honed or polished every blade in the house. If it starts to cake up and gets messy, just scrape it off and add a little more and spread it out. It seemed to work better the more I used it. I will definitely buy again and will likely buy some for gifts to give to my knife sharpening loving friends and family. I did notice the price seems to fluctuate up or down a dollar or so from time to time. But either way, it seems worth the price asked so far. I have not used it on a wheel though. I may have to find one or make one to use it with. I was worried it might have a strong odor like some metal polishes have but this has a very light scent that seems to not linger once it dries. Not sure how it compares to the other honing or polishing compounds out there as I am somewhat new to this.

I can put a shaving sharp edge on my knives, but I’m always looking for a better/easier way to sharpen. Not sure what I was expecting with this honing compound… I guess I just felt that my strop wasn’t quite burnishing the edge like I thought it should.Last night I had 10lb of beef to slice up very, very thinly for making jerky (that’s a LOT of slices!). The meat wasn’t quite fully thawed. Anyway, I pulled my Shun Kanso chef’s knife (AUS8 steel @ 61Rc) from the drawer and it already had a fine, stropped edge on it. Testing the edge by gently attempting to slide it down the hair on the back of my head, it was nicely catching the hair. I’d call that edge about 95% of what I’m generally capable of achieving.But because I had just received this compound, I wanted to see if, or how much, I could improve it. My strop is a barbers strop – it’s a 3″ wide strip of thick leather about 30″ long. It’s well used. First I used a butter knife with a slight serration to kinda scrape the napped side of my strop, and tease up the fibers. Then I gave it a good spray with WD40, then applied 9 little dots of the honing compound. I spent about 2 minutes stropping the chef’s knife in the usual way – a few strokes on one side, then a few strokes on the other. I probably made 20 strokes per side, total.What I ended up with is the most ridiculously sharp edge I’ve ever created in my life, and every bit the equal to the very best Zero Tolerance, Shun or Benchmade factory edge I’ve ever experienced. I mean, just scalpel sharp. Doing the “hair test”, it instantly bites into the hair – and actually shaved a few even though I was being extremely gentle about it. Compared to what I’m generally able to achieve, I’d say this edge was probably 125-150%. Just incredibly sharp.So I went to work thinly slicing my slightly frozen beef. It was cutting amazingly. I made it about 1/2 way through the 10lb and even though it was cutting great, I tested the edge. It wasn’t *quite* as sharp as when I began cutting, but was still very, very sharp. So I finished the job. I probably made 1000 or more cuts in total. When finished, the edge was still sharp enough to cleanly cut a piece of paper, but was ready for a touchup. I gave the edge a few licks on the strop and retested – surgically sharp again.Shaving a few hairs on my arm – it’s as if the hair just jumps off my arm in fear of the edge even coming close to them!I’ve very, very impressed with the edge I can get with this compound. It’s far better than any other edge I’ve ever created. I’m not “gods gift” to sharpening, and I’m not saying I’m the best – but I don’t suck and this stuff has really upped my game.

It did just what I expected it to do. No complaints and a keen edge stays on all of my Mora knives.

This product does exactly what it claims to do. Excellent.