Originally Posted by
Link8382
So today I had my first partial straight razor shave. So far so good, still a little awkward, still have to work on skin stretch but all in all not too bad. Not quite as scary as I thought it might be and totally doable. Since I only did a partial shave do you think I can get away with another partial shave prior to stropping. Although I am practicing utilizing the butter knife strop suggestion, I am a little concerned about ruining the edge. I don't want to screw up the edge before I even get started. I am slowly getting the hang of stropping with the butter knife. :)