Thread: Stropping

Excellent post. Someone else posted a thread recently with regard to the term "Stropmeister." I will admit, I had a vague idea what my technique should be, but I never felt the difference from stropping until recently when I learned to do it correctly. There is a huge difference, and I mean HUGE, between a stropped edge and a non-stropped one. With my fine hair, it is the difference between HHT and no HHT. It literally feels as if it becomes sharper. And as mentioned above, I had been getting irritation ATG until stropping correctly, and now it's smooth like butta.

I would certainly vote for a "Stropping 101" thread stickied that compiles information from this thread and others (especially the 30 vs 60 trials and Stropmeister).

Originally Posted by skiblur

Excellent post. Someone else posted a thread recently with regard to the term "Stropmeister." I will admit, I had a vague idea what my technique should be, but I never felt the difference from stropping until recently when I learned to do it correctly. There is a huge difference, and I mean HUGE, between a stropped edge and a non-stropped one. With my fine hair, it is the difference between HHT and no HHT. It literally feels as if it becomes sharper. And as mentioned above, I had been getting irritation ATG until stropping correctly, and now it's smooth like butta.

I would certainly vote for a "Stropping 101" thread stickied that compiles information from this thread and others (especially the 30 vs 60 trials and Stropmeister).

Maybe we'll start seeing stropping services on SRP?.

No, that's the one thing learned early on: honing can be paid for especially when new but every one of us must learn to strop effectively in order to shave effectively. Stropping is definitely under rated and there's not enough focus on it........this is a start!

Chris L