Thread: Getting more drag from:Straight Razor Designs Premium 1 Leather

Sweet success!

Originally Posted by Edwardd

That's what was missing,warming the leather with my hand.It worked great!Thanks guys.

What also helps is at the end of your shave and do your post shave stropping and take a bit, not too much, and rub it into the leather. Great for the leather and the razor!

maby it just needs to break in a bit?

Originally Posted by sleekandsmooth

maby it just needs to break in a bit?

Rub your palm on it several times before stropping, not only it will warm the leather, your hand oils will help with conditioning and breaking in.

Originally Posted by Edwardd

Either way thanks Lynn for the tools to get this old razor to shave for me!Next will be a new razor from SRD.

Thanks to my wife for the gift,I now have a new Dovo Best Quality 6/8 full hollow.It's much thicker and wider than the imperial thus a lighter touch when shaving to avoid the burn.The edge feels a bit harsh so I may give it 10 or less laps on the cromium pasted leather just to soften the touch a bit.But I'm nervous about messing up a new blade so I'll give it a few shaves before doing that.

Thanks again Lynn,and my wife for a great razor and shave!

Edwardd, you may find the leathers that have the most draw more difficult to keep the stroke light. I certainly did. So I went to the leathers w/ lighter draw. This made stropping easier, but I lost the benefit of the high-draw leather. I've gone back to latigo for its high-draw properties and learned to keep it light. After stroking on the high-draw leather, I switch to a low-draw leather, and have been quite pleased w/ the result. Disclaimer: I stroke alot more than sane people do.