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Shaving has been going smooth but was curious if anyone else had their strop at a similar height that I use. I have the strop in my bedroom and the top of the strop (part attached to hook) is at eye level. I usually see most people have the strop at a waist height and wanted to know if anyone else had theirs higher up. Have a good evening all
Also my koraat came in, will be shaving with it in a day or two, can't wait for that. Attachment 265214Attachment 265215Attachment 265216
I have had mine at eye level for 40 years. Never bothered me.
In my old house, I had a bathroom in the basement and there happened to be a couple of eye bolts at eye level outside of the door. Because they already were there, and because of basic laziness, my strops hung at that level for 10 years.
At our new house I have my strops attached to a horizontal stair railing that is at waist level. Even though I had been doing it for ten years with them hanging higher, I found that I preferred the strops to be at waist level.
Mine is mounted at sternum height. Middle of the road I guess.
I never thought to try out different heights, will try some out later although I am thinking I am probably going to keep the same height.
I mounted mine at the counter top level. Or, when traveling to the middle door hinge pin. Also have used a closed drawer holding it shut with my thigh.
For me, I'm more able to keep even tension in both directions that way. My arm and hand also move easier in the horizontal plane.
YMMV!
~Richard
I have an eye under the edge of me counter but have preferred the towel bar at mid sternum height. My secondary location is about mis sternum too.
I settled on the middle door hinge height after trying a bunch of different heights. Command hooks are great for testing the height.
Funny short story.
I had read and was told to put at door knob hight. So i drilled a hole in the wall behind my door to my man-cave and have been stropping. The wife asked me just the other day if i had noticed that the door knob to my man cave was lower than normal. You know, shes right. Well ive learned to use it that way. Guess it just made me feel taller.
In a rental unit and can't put holes in the walls so I lashed a bootlaces thru the top d ring and hang it from the door knob. Use to hang it from closet rod but prefer it at waist level
Started off using the hook on the back of the bathroom door, about eye level (I'm 6'5") in my old house in New Hampshire. Intrigued by the recommendations for a waist-high mounting, I ran a heavy eyebolt into a stud and used that for a couple of years. On a weekend visit to some friends, I had to make do with the hook on the door again, and found that I actually prefer it. In my new house in Virginia, I use the hook and have never looked back.
Depends on what's going on I suppose. I have a small handful of strops that hang at eye level on the bedroom wall to keep them out of moisture of the shower. So if I'm in a rush I may pick them up and use them right where they sit. The pasted strop I made from some SRD poly webbing generally doesn't move off it's hook, I just use it right there.
In the bathroom I've got a hook mounts a little above waist level. That's my preferred level for most stropping. If I'm using linen & leather, not in a rush, or refreshing with pasted fabric on the interior of a strop that's the one I use. When travelling I'll generally find some way to make a cord loop so I can mount the strop on a door handle. I've always got some paracord or something similar lying around.
I have mine a little higher than waist height. That feels the most comfortable
Mine is hung at about mid way up my torso. I'm 6'1" and I like to run it like that. Slightly uphill
There is a reason why many of the old timers hold the strop at about waist level and have their anchor lower than waist level. Such a setup requires a minimum of out of plane shoulder and elbow movement and is more fluid and natural in practice. Pay attention to the quiet shoulder and elbow of Liam Finnegan in this video.(Ignore the floppy strop) Try it yourself and compare it to how much more shoulder and elbow movement is required in other positions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2h1GC34yyKE
Could that be more of where in the heck else would you hang it in a barber shop? Low on the chair?:shrug:
I think that much of the barber shop actions are theatrics.
Slightly uphill hook position. For me, this position is the most comfortable especially on the "return" strokes. So "away" stroke slightly uphill, "return" stroke slightly back downhill.
What is most impressive about that video is how close he comes to his strop-holding hand with the razor! That would lead to major blood loss if I were doing it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wirm
Beautiful razor. I'm sure it will shave as well as it looks.
