Thread: Frigged up my brand new Razor, I think.

Take a regular newspaper, not the super smooth ones with the adds all over it. The head line story one. Put it on a flat surface and strop your razor on the newspaper. Slow and steady strokes. If the edge can be saved and no fine hone or paste is available. That may work.

Then I'd say if it won't shave hair, send it back to Phil for your free rehone and while you're waiting, watch stropping videos on youtube and practice the motion with a bread knife

Sirtexan, ecormier

I will do both of those and go from there. I have a feeling it will have to go for a little trip in the mail though.

Thanks for the help, much appreciated !

how much pressure did you apply? we had a guy at work warp his blade, he said blade pulls hurts he brought it in I honed it back up and shaved my cheek dry to show him it was shave ready so my buddy asked him show us how you strop he says "I'm the king of stropping" so he showed us he put soo much pressure that we had to use two hands to hold the strop. needless to say he screwed up the blade again and blames us says I don't know how to hone because he didnt want to listen and screwed up a brand new TI coiffure spl 1937 which I fixed again and we bought it from so that it can live its life in peace.

Hahaha great story..

Well I certainly used some pressure but I didn't white knuckle it thats for sure !

I have watched quite a few stropping videos tonight after my ordeal and have learnt a few more things.

How's your lather and stretching? If those are find, send it to Val at the Gentlemens den. He's in toronto and has a better turn around time than Phill (he seems to always be backed up in work). He does all my work. Check him out on instagram if you'd like.

Kwlfca,

Lathering was finally decent and I've been stretching from the first shave attempt.

I'll take a peek on Insta!

Thanks.

It can help to practice your stropping with the strop lying flat on a table and go slow with very light pressure for a while. I dulled an edge due to poor stropping on the first razor I got, and I used the previously mentioned method to get used to smooth, flat, consistent strokes with light pressure, then after a couple of weeks with that I switched to hanging strop. I found it helpful to develop some of the technique and habit in a safer environment. Once you start to get comfortable, pay extra close attention. That's when mistakes happen!

Mrspiffy,

Stick with it. Patience will see you through and reading, watching vids and asking all sorts of questions. None too stupid. Don't know? Not sure? Have no fear of asking here.

I had a lot of issues in the beginning, many new user related issues and some slightly beyond my control.

One issue led me to purchasing a board strop and I haven't been happier. My first strop had a warping issue. It is a quality strop and it helped me loads. I removed that issue from my list of problems. The learning curve can feel steep in the beginning.

The more variables that can be removed makes for a more successful, smooth transition to straight razor shaving and eliminates many of the pitfalls that lead to failure.

Welcome and enjoy the ride!

If you really want to determine if it was improper stropping, or just learn about how to strop properly, see this thread... it's a treasure trove of good info.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...st-2012-a.html