Quote Originally Posted by zib View Post
No offense to the OP, but no one thought it was wierd that he perfected the honing technique, but not stropping.....? or did I miss something...Usually it's the other way around....How do you learn how to hone a razor, moreover, perfect it, but not know how to strop....?

+1 to Ryan82, I too keep a bit of slack when I strop. I don't pull mine taught, I find I get better contact leather to steel, and a better final result....
Years of experience sharpening things made learning to sharpen razors easy. And I didn't say I perfected it, I said I was close to. I've never perfected anything. Lets be honest, honing is just laying a razor on a stone and moving it around until it's really sharp. If 1 technique isn't producing that edge, you try another until you find one that works. Is it that strange that I bought a few razors and didn't buy a leather strop?