Thread: 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?

Thanks,

Tim

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

It'll be close enough.

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.

Tim

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.

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

X

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

Tim

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

You may want to find yourself a reenactment barber!

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