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    Default How long does the stropped edge last?

    I'm going to New Orleans for a re-enactment and can't fit all the shaving gear in my knapsack. If I strop my razor on Thursday night before I fly out, will I be able to shave with it on Friday night with no effect on the pre-stropped edge?

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    I'm curious about this as well....

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    It'll be close enough.

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    I was planning on trying it out anyway, but was curious on how long a stropped edge would last. If it works great, if not I still get somewhat of a decent shave. Or I try to free up enough space for a strop, but I don't want it to get damaged on a plane.

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    I remember a post sometime back which was talking about stropping after a shave and letting it sit till the next rather than stropping before it. By the sounds of it that's what you're going to do.

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    If it's newly honed it might have greater difficulty holding its edge. You could also consider wearing your strop around your own midsection.

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    Yeah, Instead of my leather sword belt I can sport a razor strop! Maybe my sword needs a stropping too!

    Tim

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    Use the backside of your leather belt as a strop. .

    I've always understood from the many discussions on this topic that the initial sharpening put the razor's edge to what you wanted. Shaving sort of "bends" the micro-edge out of whack. Leaving it allows it to slowly return to it's previous shape but that doesn't always happen completely. Stropping takes it back to it's proper alignment quicker/better/etc.

    Following that logic, if you strop your razor thursday and don't shave with it until Friday, theoretically it should be just fine.

    But again. If' you're wearing a leather belt. loop it around the motel door knob and use the backside to strop with. . if you're doing the camping thing then find a spot where standing on your belt won't hurt it. put the buckle gently under your shoe and pull just tight enough to get the tension and strop on the backside

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    You may want to find yourself a reenactment barber!

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    as long as he doesn't ACT to be a barber only....

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