Thread: Going to give this one more shot...Strop help?

get the hanging strop and +50 to this don't come over a few weekends. I'm a knife guy also. That means squat to str8 shaving. Get the knife thing out of your head. start this with the mentality of a new hobby. Youj will learn faster.
The hanging strop was way easier for me to learn then the paddle or table one. still trashed a few in the learning curve.
IMHO

Paul

im a knife guy as well and i know at first it can be hard to get the body to do what you know it should be doing but it just dont work. the butter knife is great practice and if you dont wanna mess up a good strop either way a simple piece of strap of any kind or a leather belt will work great for this. ive never used a padle strop so i cant say anything about them at all, good or bad but one thing i do know is that there is no way i can strop with my strop hanging low i have to have it at chest hight. but i dont mind there is no rule book on how to do somthing. any way you can do it to get good results is fine. look at lynn the guy honed way different than people had done before and his methods work great. all im saying is theres more than one way to skin a cat. find your groove and practice thats all i do. and i am no pro yet lol to say the least.

Do not think about this to much,take your time,one stroke on a strop is one trip up and down,speed is not a factor,forget about it.
Concentrate,one up, one down,take your time,slow down,if it takes 10 minutes to do 50 strokes,so be it.
You need to learn a cadence,slow down,proper stropping is paramount,it is critical,slow down,do not push the river.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Do not think about this to much,take your time,one stroke on a strop is one trip up and down,speed is not a factor,forget about it.
Concentrate,one up, one down,take your time,slow down,if it takes 10 minutes to do 50 strokes,so be it.
You need to learn a cadence,slow down,proper stropping is paramount,it is critical,slow down,do not push the river.

Most excellent advise! Newer shavers often do not realize how much time must be spent on maintenance. Slowing down gets perfect strokes and allows you to feel as the blade responds. I never mastered the fast flip. I always go slow and steady! I value my razors and my strop as well. Now, some guys pride themselves as smoking the strop, But I would not let them do it with mine!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Most excellent advise! Newer shavers often do not realize how much time must be spent on maintenance. Slowing down gets perfect strokes and allows you to feel as the blade responds. I never mastered the fast flip. I always go slow and steady! I value my razors and my strop as well. Now, some guys pride themselves as smoking the strop, But I would not let them do it with mine!

agreed tom!!!