Thread: Stropping the night before morning shave

Gents, I have a question on the proper time to strop your blade. I’ve heard you should strop before shaving. My question is this, can you strop in the evening or night before your morning shave the next day? I just was thinking it might be a good idea to strop in the late afternoon early evening before my daily morning shave to save some time in the morning. Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Personally you can strop anytime. Before the shave. Between passes.

I strop after i shave and again the day before I use that razor. I also strop on a shell strop immediately before I shave.

As bouschie says, strop when it makes you happy.

Originally Posted by bouschie

Personally you can strop anytime. Before the shave. Between passes.

That’s great to hear. I just finished stropping my SR in the following order.
15 laps on linen with cromox
30 laps on clean linen
60 laps on smooth leather
It now can easily pass the HHT multiple times on the same strand of hair.

Are you wiping the blade clean after the CrOx? You could transfer CrOx to the clean linen.

I’m wiping the blade after the chromox side before moving on to the clean linen. I make sure there’s none left on the blade.

I have been stropping the night/day before for a number of years now. I use a different razor every day. The one I just finished using gets wiped dry, stropped on linen for 10 or so laps to make sure the edge is dry and laid out open for a few hours before being put away.

Bob