Thread: Strop challenged

Be sure to note as you go along, keeping track of the little things you do differently. It may be simply an angle issue.

sorry to be so dense, but do you mean angle of the razor while stropping or the angle of the razor while I shave?

I think he is referring to your shaving angle because when you are stropping, the blade should be flat against the strop.

Yeah I figured. I was curious though, I find that when I strop my blade is flat against the strop but it travels up the leather with a sort of heel first angle. Sometimes. Not sure if that matters or not.

cenzo, search for any members in your area. You might get lucky and have someone close by who you can meet with and show you how it's done or answer any questions you may have. Hang in there you'll get it

You might want to go on YouTube and check out a guy names geofatboy. He has a video dedicated solely to stropping. Might help.

I found that when I started to apply much less pressure when stropping, the shaving quality of the blade seemed to improve. Now I do it very lightly, enough pressure to keep the razor in touch with the leather and making a little swishing noise when it moves against the strop, but not too much pressure. I found the shaves have improved a lot.

Before shaving I do fifty on the leather. After each shave I do 30-50 on the canvas, then 100 on the leather. I'm lucky in that I've had only one bad nick on my strop.