Very nervous about doing my first Stropping today
Well I knew this time would come. I shaved on Sunday and its time to shave again.
I have a 3" wide strop. The videos I try to watch are of people stropping from a distance. They also don't zoom in.
I have Lynns DVD and I have watched Youtube videos. This whole X pattern has me confused my whole razor basically fits on the strop but I assume I should start with a X pattern anyway. Also the amount of times to strop differs with people.
Delta time of strop to shave
I usually strop before I take a shower. I haven't noticed any sort of performance degrading due to stropping time rest. Don't worry about it if you get right to it. As mentioned the biggest reason is for oxidation and as long as you don't live in a salt mine you'll be fine. Have fun shaving :).