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06-29-2010, 10:48 AM #1
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I'm enjoying DE shaving and am teetering on the edge of SE, mainly because I do have the time in the morning to enjoy the ritual of preparation and shaving. In that regard I'm thinking of the process of stropping. I've bought a strop which is backed with cloth. The chap at the shop said that this was a backing to add stiffness and all his new stock didn't have a cloth backing. However I've seen reference hereabouts to people stropping the blade on the cloth and then the leather. So, which is it and why? Is stropping on the cloth a personal preference or is there a good reason to do it (or not)?
Also he advised me against buying the Dovo (?) yellow paste. He had been to the factory in Germany and had been told there was no need for newbies to use the paste on the strop; that the blade at shave ready from the factory was sharp enough and that the first thing a newbie would do was apply the paste and strop the blade potentially damaging it. Any thoughts on this - my thoughts were that as he was doing himself out of a sale I could take his words at face value. So, at what point should I think of getting the paste, if ever?
Thanks in advance for your replies.
Roy