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    A Newbie....Forever! zepplin's Avatar
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    Quote Originally Posted by CDpyroNme View Post
    All of these things stated, it can obviously be done and I assure you (as many others here will) that your M3 is garbage, both literally and figuratively. Don't give up. Shave small sections at a time and learn your pre-shave, blade angle, and stropping THOROUGHLY... Learn what works for you as far as pre-shave. Blade angle is different, only slightly, with each razor. Stropping properly is not easy. Accept these truths - embrace them. Be patient and learn to shave sections at a time, finishing with your M3 until you get the hang of it. Don't give up - you have a wealth of informative support at your fingertips RIGHT HERE...

    Adam
    In regard to stropping: +1 on everything Adams says. I didn't start "getting it" until I learned to strop properly! None of this process, shaving techniques, lathering, honing, etc., are of any worth, or benefit, unless you can strop, and strop properly! Amen!!!!!!!!! Period!!!!!!!!

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    It's an endless cycle, you need all working together in symphony for a great shave:

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    Quote Originally Posted by zepplin View Post
    In regard to stropping: +1 on everything Adams says. I didn't start "getting it" until I learned to strop properly! None of this process, shaving techniques, lathering, honing, etc., are of any worth, or benefit, unless you can strop, and strop properly! Amen!!!!!!!!! Period!!!!!!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Seraphim View Post
    It's an endless cycle, you need all working together in symphony for a great shave:
    Very cool diagram!

    I agree regarding stropping. I've said it before, a person does not need to hone their own razors to shave this way, but every single person absolutely must learn to strop their razors before every shave in order to shave this way.

    David Polan's (Heavydutysg135) honing vids are one of the best things that's happened for recent instructional assistance on SRP. It got me thinking (I'm no stropping expert, but I've come a LONG way) that if I had a good video camera with good sound pick up, I would like to put together a free STROPPING video. Between strop materials (leather, balsa, denim, newspaper, etc), types of strops (paddle, bench, loom, hanging), strop usage, strop techniques there is easily 30 min of killer potential for much needed advice right there. Maybe someday, but it would be cool if there was a detailed stropping instructional vid in addition to the overview in Lynn's DVD.

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