Thread: stropping from a beginner

Dear Newbies

my past experiences I ruined the edge on a new razor had to resend it to get it honed found out an easier and much more efficient way of stropping.

cut a strip of cardboard box place it on the edge of a table and practice stropping on it with correct technique and finish it with a newspaper again place it on the edge of the table to finish the stropping .

what i found is this maintains the sharpness on the edge.

the other alternative is use the leather strop and place flat on the edge of the table to practice stropping technique.

I have nicked my leather strop many times hanging it in the bathroom

hope is helps

now I am very very happy with the sharpness of the balde.

Good info here. I will be taking a break from my leather strop to try this.

Thanks for the tip!
I'm sure it will save many strops from premature retirement.