Quote Originally Posted by Alembic View Post
Glen,

I'm confused. I have read here that if you buy a shave ready razor from, let's say SRD, and Lynn honed it, you should just go ahead and shave with it and no need to strop. In fact, the recommendation is not to stop on that firt one so you can learn what a properly honed razor feels like.

But that is diametricaly opposed to this reasoning. If I can't strop the night before, then how does a razor get honed by ynn, shipped by SRD, get in my hands, and then is good to shave without my stropping?

Respectfully,
David
Good point. I haven't read farther down yet, so I don't know what the experts are saying, but perhaps the defense being offered is that the honemeisters may oil the blade after sharpening, thus protecting against rusting during shipment and end use. Dunno, but often as not I'll strop before going to bed as my mornings tend to be rushed and my evenings don't have the same time pressures. I have nothing to compare the shave quality of the night strop to the morning strop as the variables will always be different, but both night-strop and morning-strop yield fine shaves.

So there you go: another vote cast into that bottomless ballot box.