Thread: Razor Dulling & Stropping

JMO, but those Illinois canvas strops are very harsh. With 20 laps on that Id say it could have taken a bit off your edge. A soft linen would be ok with that many passes. I think Id only do 5 as lightly as posible or find a softer secondary strop.
This is just one opinion. Microscopically an edge gets jagged by being pushed back and forth durring the shave so stropping straightens, realigns the edge. And if you wait a few days between shaves without stropping the edge can get worse. I always strop a little after a shave too. This corrects the edge before the razor is put away.

As far as whisker length, i get a better shave on two days growth. But everyone's growth is different. When working I shave daily.

Stropping is harder to figure out than people think. Just go easy and slow and it will come.