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If you bought the razor from Straight Razor Design, it is shave ready and honed by the best. I do not recommend that you strop it before shaving. If you shave with it first, you will learn the feel of a properly honed and sharp razor. You can compare all other honing jobs to your new razor.
Have fun and let us know how it goes!
John
I was about to ask what website that is until I clicked on it "Oh, Straight Razor Designs!" Yes, straights from SRD are truly as Shave-Ready as they come. Great business all around. I hang my strops on a door knob with an S hook.
Thanks... I will get the feel of it. Go through the starter tutuorial once again and start.
Man.. my strop didnt with a S hook. It has a clip hook and a ring attached to it! I am looking for places around the house where i can hang it!
People say not to use a door handle, but I find that that I can strop really well by tying the strop to my bathroom door handle. Of course, you'll want to make sure that the door is latched shut! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by hellstorm2004
Yeah... It comes at a right height. I have a few towel hangers at home... but you know, me being a short guy, they all are somewhere around the level of my head!
Use a roll of velcro the roll you can cut to size, loop it through the hook of the strop, loop it around the door knob and cinch it down tight...wala, did it for months before i set up a stropping station, works great.
Wow! That's great... will go to walmart and find something in size!Quote:
Originally Posted by tiddle
Yep... Just wipe the oil off the blade and shave..NO STROPPING ON THE FIRST SHAVE. I have my strop mounted belly button high . Take your time and after 100 shaves you will see a little improvement LOL
congrats ..
as far as strop goes , i screwed a eyelet into the door frame behind the door , its always where i need it to be and out of the way .....lol...
i know it isnt goin anywhere , before that i tied the o-ring to the foot board of the bed with an old shoe lace ..
Thanks! Getting many new ideas for hanging the strop! :)
Just had a question.... don't want to start a new thread.
What purpose does a strop paste serve?
Are strop pastes an absolute necessity?
Or, not now, but I will i need them in future?
Which one's should i get?
Pasted strops are yet another tool we use to both maintain an edge, and finish a razor honing.Quote:
Originally Posted by hellstorm2004
It is nice stuff, but needed? No Sir, not in my opinion.
A good linen and leather stropping after each use/honing is all many of us use, or even feel the need for:)
Ok. Chopping it off my new year shopping list! :)