Thread: Can I lay a hanging strop on a hard flat surface?

Ok, I can understand that. He just has his wording messed up where I couldn't understand. Thank you! Sorry Cris.

I use a sponge so no extra water is required, less chance of wetting the pivot or dinging the blade near the sink

Before I switched to a paddle strop I would use a spring clamp to secure the strop to the counter and apply enough tension to keep it flat. My stropping results improved immediately.

Clearing lather - I have such acute "razordinkaphobia" that I use a damp washcloth with a one third fold, hinge side to the counter. I remove most of the lather with the afore mentioned stropping action. For safety I close the razor between passes so I clear the blade with a single sheet of bath (toilet) tissue before closing. Re-lather then fold another third to expose a clean surface and continue. One final rinse with hot water.

If you are old enough to have had a shave or had your neck and hairline edged with a "real" straight you will have noted that the barber never turned to the sink. My Uncle and Grandfather would have a barbers towel, either on their shoulder on on yours on top of the drape. Every turn and step was extra time.

For me this was one of the changes that helped me learn to use a straight. The pause to rise breaks the rhythm (for me)

And ultimately you do what works best for you.

For me - each time I make that first ATG pass starting at the base of my neck - I am 10 years old again, and that sensation reminds me of my Uncle shaving the back of my neck, and I do not have to be told to be still...

Smooth shaving my Brothers...