Thread: Stropping only on pasted strops

Originally Posted by jimmyh

Thanks for the responses.



You mean pasted strop then unpasted strop for 10 shaves then repeat and after a while you only get 4 shaves between pasted strops?

I'm having a hard time seeing what could be going on there, but if you do a couple passes on the pasted strop each time, then it doesn't matter if the edge can make it 'only 4 shaves'.

I'm sorry! I use a leather hanging strop before every shave, 70 laps. When you only get about 4 shaves between using the pasted strop, you have to drop back to the 8EE. I am talking about 8 or 10 laps on the 8K and 10 or less on each of the diamond steps. The diamond plate cuts pretty quickly. Eventually even taking it down to an 8k will not help much so you have to send it out and have the bevel reset, but that will be many months down the road, probably a year. If you use the 8k after about 10 or 15 shaves then longer than a year and would guess years. By the standards a lot of these guys have this is a very crude setup, but it works!, I have done it. This is a dirt cheap way to use a razor and still get very good quality edges.

If you are going to be straight shaving as a life style you will have to get and use some good hones. I bought a Coticule which will let you reset a bevel if it is not to far gone otherwise you have to go to a 1K stone,which I also bought. The point is that, in the beginning, stones that drop down to 4K or 1K are not needed by the beginner and will probably cause damage in the wrong hands.