Thread: My new strop...

FireStart,

Yes, your information was helpful and as always, ever little bit of advice is always appreciated. As you said, Stroping isn't really making the blade sharper, but it is making it perform better... Maybe I should have worded my previous post better. After practicing and experimenting with the strop I got the razor to the point where it would actually cut a free standing hair, but I still dont find it to be suitable for shaving. I think when I first tried to use the strop I applyed to much pressure. Is the damage caused by this something that can be fixed with stroping? Or is it something than needs to go to the hone?

Sorry, I have a ton of questions lol.

-Billy

Billy, if the blade wasn't pre-honed by a honemeister, then it wasn't sharp enough to begin with. If it was, then you might have damaged it and need to take it to the hone.

Billy, your blade is probably best to be sent at someone who will hone it for you. I suggest you take X's offer, and start with properly honed blade. And I strongly suggest you buy a Shavette type razor, like the DOVO's on classicshaving page, to get the moves, thechnique and the feel for straight razor. It will be usefull on travels later on... And do a lots of reading trough the honing and stroping forum here, as well as the files in the help galery


Nenad

Ok, I think I will be shooting X a PM. Thanks for all the help guys.


Billy Jay

A Carborundum hone is almost always either a coarse or medium hone. Either a 1000 or 2000 grit respectively. Most are 1000 grit or coarser. They are seldom used for honing.
Be sure to send your razor out to be honed. You will be amazed at the difference.