That's the funny thing...
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Originally Posted by
cessnabird
Great post, there can never be too many reminders of the importance of proper stropping. I can say from experience that I have changed my stropping style probably 3-4 times since first starting out. The more you do it, the more you realize you are doing something wrong, or applying too much pressure, etc. Practice, practice, practice!
...because when I review the video in the link above, and watch that guy strop his razor, I'm left with the impression that he's putting pressure on the blade, whereas I've read in numerous areas, you're not supposed to put pressure on the blade rather...you're supposed to let the blades natural weight fall on the strop and proceed with the stroke.
But when you hear the sound it makes when he's stropping, it leaves the impression that he's putting pressure on it. At least that's how I saw it.
I'm starting to think my stropping technique is incorrect; scratch that....I'm quite sure it is. :(
Talk about a coincidence....
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Originally Posted by
gssixgun
YMS lay your strop on the edge of a table and strop, this eliminates the "Droop" variable... See if that shows up as a better shave, if not then you eliminated one variable.. and you can continue from there...
I was actually thinking about doing that! :) Anyways, I'll give it a try for my next shave (which will be tomorrow morning) and I'll let you all know how it turned out.
Peace.