Quote Originally Posted by Ponypox View Post
Thanks for your replies. As for stropping, Im still extremely new at it and I would like to know if your suppose to flip the razor using just your fingers on the tang or can I use my pinkie to help flip using the scales too. On a side note, I notice the faux ivory on my edelweiss is rather slippery. Is faux ivory a popular material for scales despite that?
I use all of my fingers. My thumbpad is on the bottom (narrow part) of the tang. The pad or fingertip of my forefinger is on the top of the tang opposite my thumb. The scales are gently resting on the middle finger, ring finger, and little finger. Those three don't assist in the flip as much as they support the scales and sort of stabilize things.

If you need to tighten scales a very light weight ball peen, or similar is good. If you don't have anything like that a large tablespoon, using the rounded bottom will work. Tap lightly a time of two and check your progress.

Faux ivory, tortoise, what have you is popular. Keep your scales dry and it will help with the slipperiness.