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stainer3 Stropping Problems 03-20-2009, 03:12 PM
Disburden When you're turning the razor... 03-20-2009, 03:19 PM
onimaru55 What you describe sounds like... 03-23-2009, 08:33 AM
Sticky This quote from AFDavis11... 03-23-2009, 08:47 AM
welshwizard I'm just starting out with a... 03-23-2009, 09:00 AM
Bruce stainer, Don't stop your... 03-23-2009, 12:48 PM
onimaru55 You can successfully strop on... 03-24-2009, 12:20 AM
kenneyty Take your time is all I can... 03-20-2009, 03:19 PM
broncobob I had same problem when i... 03-20-2009, 04:17 PM
crazycliff200843 Same problem here when I... 03-21-2009, 10:49 AM
JimmyHAD +1 on slowing down a little.... 03-21-2009, 01:09 PM
Stephen436 This has been plaguing me... 03-24-2009, 12:43 AM
Bladerunner +1 on going slow. The stroke... 03-27-2009, 05:59 AM
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    Quote Originally Posted by welshwizard View Post
    I'm just starting out with a small Dovo strop. I occasionally nick it. It always seems to happen when the 'away' stroke is too long and I just catch the stitched end when I flip it over, causing me to lose the rhythm. It seems to me that if the strop was slightly longer this might not happen. Or not?
    You can successfully strop on a very short (8")stroke. No need to hit the end, no need for a long strop..
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