I need help with stropping
I had my C-Mon honed by Ken Rup and it when I got it back it was smooth as butter. It sliced though my beard with no problems.
But..... it quickly started to tug and pull a little. So I gave it a touch up on the linen strop pasted with red dovo paste I got from classicshaving.com.
The blade was back and slicing and dicing.
Only to be dull again soon. Obviously it's my stropping that's messed up.
I have watched youtube video after video. Read and re-read the wiki. I've done an x-pattern, I've used light pressure, no pressure, some pressure and hard pressure.
I'm pulling my strop taught. I'm concentrating, I've tried fast strokes, slow strokes and in between.
Still, I go on the pasted side and have a very sharp razor, popping hairs on my arm like they aren't there. Slicing a hanging hair with no problems. but the second I strop it, it's duller.
I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. I can't keep going to the paste or I'll wear my razor out.
I need advice gentlemen.
I have this strop