Thread: 2 goals

I think good stropping is SUPER important - I do 50 on the Latigo and 50 on the Leather before every shave.
If you don't have time in the morning, shave at night. I find that straight razor shaving is a much more enjoyable & relaxing ritual at night.

I'm also interested in hand stropping -- would you be willing
to give it a try Kevin?

- Scott

Originally Posted by sebell

I'm also interested in hand stropping -- would you be willing
to give it a try Kevin?

- Scott

I have watched ML do his hand work. I was pleased to see that he really works over the entire edge.

I have tried it and found some improvement on just honed edges. I cannot do it very fast. I can't get enough result to replace regular stropping

I thought of making a leather patch with a thumb hole to cover the palm, or simply misting the palm with some .5 diamond

When I started this thread I had only a taste of what stropping can do. When I changed my method I got far better results. Questions like "why try to beat stropping" make much more sense to me now, the reasons for asking far more obvious.

My old man was a Mississippi farm boy who came from a line of blacksmiths. A carpenter by trade, and a good one. He taught me how to hone pocket knives when I was in my early teens and he would strop a pocket knife on his palm and occasionally on the leather of his shoe top.

When I started this thread I had only a taste of what stropping can do. When I changed my method I got far better results. Questions like "why try to beat stropping" make much more sense to me now, the reasons for asking far more obvious.

I'm all for experimentation, so I think it was a neat idea
to embark on this journey! I'm also glad to hear that your
stropping and edges have improved.

- Scott