Thread: Looking to understand stropping

want to really read about stropping ???

Here is info from all kinds of people with plenty of Vids and opinion to steer you along

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...st-2012-a.html

Originally Posted by gssixgun

want to really read about stropping ???

Here is info from all kinds of people with plenty of Vids and opinion to steer you along

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...st-2012-a.html

An interesting experiment to get the feel of stropping uses a roll of newspaper.
Make a roll from a SINGLE sheet of newspaper.
Too much pressure stroping and the roll will collapse.
The roll is narrow so start at the heel end of the razor and stroke so the contact point with the roll
ends up at the toe at the end. Lift the edge but not the spine from the roll. Edge up and over then after
sliding the spine to place the heel in position bring the edge down. Stroke in the opposite direction.
This is an X stroke, a bit extreme but still an X stroke.
If you get the timing wrong you slice a bit of yesterday's paper and not a new strop.

Nice and slow (deliberate). The spine stays in contact.

The flip is done with the thumb and first finger more than the arm or wrist.
Watch the videos for this bit.

You can even practice with a butter knife at first.

Originally Posted by niftyshaving

An interesting experiment to get the feel of stropping uses a roll of newspaper.
Make a roll from a SINGLE sheet of newspaper.
Too much pressure stroping and the roll will collapse.
The roll is narrow so start at the heel end of the razor and stroke so the contact point with the roll
ends up at the toe at the end. Lift the edge but not the spine from the roll. Edge up and over then after
sliding the spine to place the heel in position bring the edge down. Stroke in the opposite direction.
This is an X stroke, a bit extreme but still an X stroke.
If you get the timing wrong you slice a bit of yesterday's paper and not a new strop.

Nice and slow (deliberate). The spine stays in contact.

The flip is done with the thumb and first finger more than the arm or wrist.
Watch the videos for this bit.

You can even practice with a butter knife at first.

I'd love to see a video, or at least some pics of this, just to make sure I'll be doing it right.

It is not a matter of doing it right it is just an activity to make a point.

Try stropping a kitchen knife on rolled up single sheet of newspaper.

The roll will be narrow so it mandates an x-stroke.

The roll is tender so it mandates a gentle touch or it will collapse.

If you want to strop a kitchen knife to improve the edge take almost the entire Sunday
paper and roll it up into a big heavy solid log that would hurt if someone whacked
you with it.

You can also take common cardboard and cut a 2-1/2 inch strip to strop on.
Slowly practice the motions and if you get it wrong you cut trash cardboard
not a $90 great leather strop.