Hi all,

I am pretty new here, I actually have not shaved for the first time yet! I got some vintage blades and have been spending a lot of on and off time cleaning them, a little sanding here and there. Plus the typical newbie restoration mistakes!

I don't have any blades that are sharp, but I am about to send them off at the end of the summer. I don't have a strop but I had an idea, and I wanted to see if others thought it would be a good idea.

I am worried that I am going to send my blades to a pro to get them sharpened and since I have never stropped a blade in my life I am going to roll the edge. So here is what I was thinking.

Why not get my stropping technique down with my dull blades on some inkjet paper? I am practicing the spine roll-over with the radio dial motion, and not making any metal singing noises at the end of the stropping stroke. I am working on nice consistent even sounding "whooshing" sounds. No metal sounds. Just started practicing and it did not take me too long to realize that the dull whooshing sounds are what to work for and what others have been talking about on the forum. Just thought I would share how I thought of learning...

please let me know if this is the sound I need to work for, I just want to be sure! Thanks!!!