[Jason_G]

It works.
Not as well as the real stuff, mind you, but it does work.
I ran out of polish and used some toothpaste on a stiff piece of paper board (I didn't want to use it on my leather). Polished the edge right up to a near-mirror shine. If I had more patience I could probably get it smoother, but this'll do for now.
Just wanted to let folks know that it is a viable alternative in a pinch.

Jason

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

What kind of toothpaste?

[Jason_G]

I had to go check. It's Aquafresh. My knife is not only sharp, but tartar free ;)

Jason

[19-3Ben]

Ah yes, but if you had used Colgate Total you'd have 12 hour protection. I don't think you get that with Aquafresh.

[GunTech]

Pearl drops works well. None is as fine as something like green chrome rouge, and mild abrasives won't work well with hard steels like ATS-34, D2, etc. But they won't hurt anything either.

BTW, commercial brown cardboard i slightly abrasive without adding anything, as anyone who's cut a lot of boxes knows all too well.

[CWL]

I've used teeth whitener toothpaste (mild abrasive) to smooth the action on a new bolt rifle, but never tried it for knives. Don't know if it worked much for the action -was already really smooth.

The abrasives in toothpaste are really soft, I doubt if it works well for modern steels.

[Dave Markowitz]

And it'll leave your knife minty fresh!



;)

[Brian Dale]

You'll probably want to avoid the ones that contain hydrogen peroxide. It's just a hunch; rust never sleeps.

[Jason_G]

BTW, commercial brown cardboard i slightly abrasive without adding anything, as anyone who's cut a lot of boxes knows all too well.
Now that you mention it, I suppose it could've been the cardboard more so than the toothpaste that polished it up :scrutiny: Hmmm. I usually only strop on leather, but like I mentioned, I didn't want to put toothpaste all over my good strop.

Jason

[W.E.G.]

Every shooter should have a little jar of JB bore paste in his kit.

[GunTech]

WEG, have you tried JB for a stropping paste? I've got Bore Paste and Bore Shine but have never tried either in that application.