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Hello Everybody;
I am very new at this. Using a SR for 45 days and so far I have succeeded in having an OK shave.
Having said this, I have also succeeded in making minor cuts on both ends of my strop. Theses cuts are minor but big enough to feel them if you pass the finger against the direction of the cut.
My question is how should I treat these cuts. Should I cut the flap or just leave it? My strop is one foot long so I can nor easily avoid the cuts...
Thanks a lot for the feed back
See the Strop Repair Section in the Library.
The library covers most of it, but the basics are trim the flap off and then sand it flush with fine grit sandpaper.
Thank you all for all this good info
1000 grit sandpaper on the spots that have cuts.
If a flap type cut i've good luck with rubber cement. Fine sandpaper has helped me with a nicked up restoration.
Best thing for not-cuts is about six months daily practice. :D
It's all part of the learning curve. Just follow the advice from the members and trudge onward. Someday not in the distant future, you'll be asking for advice on which premium strop to purchase.
Welcome to a VERY large club!
Since I have done minor cuts, there is not much material to glue, I think I ll just cut and sand.
All is good as long as is the strop and not my face getting cut....
Thanks again.
Just finished cutting and sanding my nicked strop and that did it. You canīt see where the cut was.
I cut my first strop too. I think most of us do. It's a matter of flipping the razor at the right time. Just think of your first strop as a beginners practice strop. Don't worry about damaging or ruining it. Once you can strop correctly and stop nicking it, treat yourself to a new, longer strop. You'll have earned it! Good luck.
Reading this as another SR newbie who has indeed made some very shallow cuts on his first strops, I'm wondering: are there minor nicks on a strop that won't cause problems? For instance no sooner had I switched to my second, back-up "poor man's" strop from Whipped Dog this morning, thinking my technique was so much better, than I took a very small superficial slice near the top edge. I can sand it down, of course, but realistically does this shallow nick cause a problem while stropping?
Actually I was pretty confident with my stropping technique until I saw the nicks and even then I thought that someone had used my strop and nicked it, it couldīt be me.....It took me some thinking to understand how I had cut the strop.Quote:
Originally Posted by wayne394
It is a good lesson and now I am being more careful at the change of direction...learning curve....
I bought a nice "Roo" strop with my first kit and promptly nicked it. Felt like a tool(especially for not buying a cheaper one to learn on), but it fixed up well since it is 3" wide. I think everyone nicks up their first strop.