Stropping Advice Discrepancies
Just bought a new straight for myself (of course, why else would I be posting?). As I've been shaving face and head over the past year I wanted to get out from under constantly buying disposables.
The razor is a Thiers-Issard full hollow ground. In reading the documentation/manual/insert that came with the razor, it all says very specifically to 'not strop the razor' the first few times you use it. I find this a little strange, especially when I've seen most advice here about stropping before a shave, even with a new razor (including the Lynn Abrams welcome/first time SR shave thread).
So why the discrepancy? Why would the manufacturer recommend not stropping for the first few shaves? Maybe I'm just misreading?