Thread: what is your honing and stropping technique and system

I strop every shave.

10 or so on the linen with ash if the razor wasn't perfect last shave.

30-50 on the leather.

Then shave.

If the shave sucks I grab my barbers hone and give it three laps and go back to shaving.

If the shave still sucks or sucks worse ( my hone is finikey) I try three more laps.

Repeat last step if the razor is improving each try.

If that just isn't getting it it's time to go to my honing set-up:

1000 grit paper on glass for bevel setting or chip removal if needed.

3 micron film on glass pyramided with 1 micron film on glass for the honing. thhe number of laps is solely dependant on the razor.

From there back to shaving again.

If the shave sucks.......