Can you over strop / linen on back?

Can you over strop a razor?
When do you use the web material on the strop? I have a SRD premium I strop.

Thank you for your time!

There is no such thing as over-stropping... The linen side is used to heat the edge of the blade and make it easier for the leather side to straighten it up. Though IMO a canvas/linen with white dovo paste works like a marvel.

You should only worry about stropping too much when you're using abrasive pastes on your strop...

When I first tried straight razor shaving in the 1980s an old barber showed me how to strop and told me to be careful you can over strop a razor. So when a 70 year old barber with 50 years experience tells you that you believe it. At least I did and that and other things he recommended are probably why I gave it up.

Coming back to it through SRP I followed mparker762's posts on the topic, and thebigspendur's "Grand Experiment". I now do 50 webbed fabric or linen (depends on the day) and 50 leather with the premium 1, a Tony Miller or one of a few vintage strops doing the honors. This is working well for me. YMMV. :)

Wow, thats new to me matey. Gotta be careful now I guess... I tend to get lost when counting quite often... :(

It's not hard to learn. Just remember to count 1 cycle on the strop (up and down) as 1 stroke, etc, etc. etc. And don't try to strop like a 70 year old barber! Your new at it, take your time, get your stroke down, then add the faster strokes. Good Luck!

I suspect for the most part, proper stropping technique is more of a problem for a beginner, than stropping too much. If you haven't read the section on stropping in the Barbering Text, you might want to take a look. There's some good information there.

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