Thread: First shave, question about strops

Yeah stretched the skin, had most of my problems with the chin/tash area though... It tugged through most of the shave however i didnt strop the razors before hand since the mammoth came fully sharpened from the supplyer, however i did strop and sharpen both after i shaved and they both seem sharp now (tryed the hair over the blade test which they both passed).
Next shave will hopefully be better. I'm still reading throughout the forums referance pasting strops, there does seem to be a lot of people doing it.

When you say "until you can get another and then put an even coating all over that one" do you mean put green paste evenly over the new strop, if so surely i would be making the same mistake again.... or am i wrong again?

Is there anyway i can remove the green paste already on the strop? i have rubbed it with a dry pumice stone to remove the outer nap and develope a smooth surface as the strop instructions say and also rubbed in some leather cream, it seems to be okay and the razors seem to sharpen up ok.

In answer to the above my cheeks are smooth, but that maybe due to going against the grain so to speak (shaving up rather than down), i seem to be more comfortable shaving them that way.

I'm annoyed with myself over the strop, my daughter bought it for me for x-mas and i seem to have ruined it already..