Thread: Starter strop

Chreees-
My Illinois 827 is 2 1/2" wide, which is better than my 206, which is 2" wide. Pretty easy to work with, but my SRD strops are 3" wide, so no 'X' pattern is necessary if one was just learning, although they're more expensive.

once i got the motion I didn't have any problems. granted I'm only a half week in. the only major hiccough i had was that little nick.

If i may recommend to the op, listen when you strop, if the sound changes between back and forth or while in motion you are not doing something right

Originally Posted by gunsandbibles

once i got the motion I didn't have any problems. granted I'm only a half week in. the only major hiccough i had was that little nick.

If i may recommend to the op, listen when you strop, if the sound changes between back and forth or while in motion you are not doing something right

It's actually not at all uncommon for razors to make different sounds coming and going. While I like to blame the doppler effect, all sorts of things including blade geometry, strop 'grain', or, yes, technique could be causing that.

So if it sounds different, by all means pay extra attention to your technique, but also be aware that it could be caused by something else.

Originally Posted by Cangooner

It's actually not at all uncommon for razors to make different sounds coming and going. While I like to blame the doppler effect, all sorts of things including blade geometry, strop 'grain', or, yes, technique could be causing that.

So if it sounds different, by all means pay extra attention to your technique, but also be aware that it could be caused by something else.

On that note the N00b (i.e me) is going to shut up and let the people that really know what they are talking about talk

Originally Posted by gunsandbibles

On that note the N00b (i.e me) is going to shut up and let the people that really know what they are talking about talk

Oh man, don't do that! If we restricted comments to people who really know what they're talking about, this would be a very quiet place indeed. And for the record, I would lump myself in with the quiet crowd when it comes to most questions! I'm still learning things every day here.