Thread: Cut my strop..arghh

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Confucius say:Man who strop without thinking better be thinking about new strop.

This is the most brilliant thing that has ever been uttered by a human being

thebigspender... Interesting that you note shaving with the DE after your lapse while stropping. After cutting my strop, I had more than a few moments pause before proceeding with my shave after the sort of emotional/adrenalin rush that I had when the oops happened. Ultimately I proceeded and shaved successfully...

I have never, ever cut my strop, it was my dad's that I cut in two. It was the week he taught me to shave, he said I was going to learn the right way, with a SR. The look on his face when he looked over and just a little less than half is hanging on the wall and the rest is in my hand, was interesting to say the least. All he said is "you're really gonna have fun stopping with that now", and that one became my strop. I think using the short strop helped me get my technique down, along with the reminder of what happens when you rush. Three months later he gave me a new strop for my birthday, a nice 3" wide, bridle leather one, still have it.

I have been at sr shaving just a few months now. My first razor
A dovo best quality has a chip in the edge from hitting the faucet
After rinsing. As it has dulled and I haven't had the cash to go all
In on a norton I got a sight unseen deal from whipped dog and have been
Shaving with that for a bit. This past week I did the same damn thing to my
New (new to me) razor. Got plenty of nicks in my srd strop as well. Haven't
Cut one in half yet though. Would probably be pretty easy to do.