Originally Posted by
BlacknTan
I read alot of posts about newbies nicking their strops..
I knew it would never happen to me.. It all looked so simple, and I was going to take my time until I became comfortable, which I was sure would not take long.
Luckily I bought a nice strop with an accompanying "practice strop." Well, needless to say, I hacked the practice strop up pretty good, just as everyone said! It's still usable, but it has some battle scars. I'm just tentatively moving to the prime time strop now, but I'm being extra careful!
Stropping has been, for me at least, by far the most challenging aspect of the straight razor experience. So don't worry... you've got plenty of company!