Thread: Stropping - Which side do I use?

Well to SRP you have come to a great community!! Don't rush to fast to have the perfect shave it will take time! But it is time well spent!

As for the strop use it before every shave and use the linen followed by the smooth leather. There is no correct answer to "how many laps" everyone is different. I personally do around 25-30 on the linen or cloth and do 50-60 on leather.

What Brand of strop is that I can't make out the makers mark

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I can't really make out the entire name but it says Buckingham and

A quick google searched returned "GB Buckingham and Sons"

Oh o.... That's one of the 'don't touch with a 10 foot pole' brands.

It looks like it. I bought a very inexpensive starter kit to try out straight razor shaving and I'm digging it. I might buy a better kit when I get better but I can tell everything that came in the kit is low quality. Even the boar brush they gave me seems lame.

Glad the crap stuff hasn't dissuaded you. If you like the whole Straight razor thing so far just wait till you get some quality gear!! to answer your question - you strop on the smooth leather. If your razors a buckingham too then it will likely be an exercise in futility though.

No, the razor is a Dovo 5/8 solingen. Thanks, i'll keep stropping on the smoother side.