> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Swingley [mailto:cswingle@i...]
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:33 PM
> To: oldtools
> Subject: [oldtools] Re: Sharpening question & Bio
> <>
> One thing I've noticed with the green crayon is that it's really too 
> hard to apply directly to my leather strop (or the piece of 
> hard maple I 
> sometimes use).  I wind up wetting a scrap of cloth with some 
> turpentine, rubbing this on the crayon to soften it, and then rub the 
> crayon onto the leather / wood.  

Same here. I use mineral spirits. Or you can crayon it on the surface
first and then spread it around with a rag with mineral spirits on it.