Quote Originally Posted by Bart View Post
Sorry, I didn't vote.
Accuracy can't be sacrificed, but stropping needs some friction and some momentum. After all, steel, however marginal, needs to be displaced. That calls for an energy transfer between the strop and the razor. I'm sure if someone would write the scientific equation on that one, speed would be one of the variables. In fact, I think speed is the factor that allows us to increase the friction without increasing the pressure (an thus without deflecting the strop or the edge).

Bart.
Quote Originally Posted by Quick View Post
Not sure I buy that Bart. I think the main contribution of speed in this context would be zero (static friction) or non-zero (kinetic friction). After that there may be some difference due to plastic deformation of the strop surface. If we imagine the strop surface to be pliable and bumpy then at a faster speed (same downforce) the razor may "skim" across the tops of the bumps rather than slower when the bumps have time to deform and flatten slightly. If there is any effect like this then going slower would result in more friction due to more surface area being in contact.
I'm starting to wonder how I ever made it through college.