That's OK guys. A bit of banter is what makes SRP such a great forum.

But yes, stropping is the name of the game. I know some people (unfortunately no longer contributing members here) who claim, and I have no reason to doubt them, that they've kept a razor shave-ready for up to a year or more by simply maintaining a good stropping technique.

Personally I found stropping the hardest aspect of our discipline to master. But the effort you put into learning how to do it properly, at least in my experience, is repaid ten-fold in the end.

James.