Thread: Can you strop too much?

Thanks Jeff, without the support of the public, our jobs would be that much harder.

Fellow law enforcement here any help I may pass on brother feel free to contact me

Thanks, I really appreciate that. Never know when you might need a contact.

Originally Posted by Sprout004

Thanks for the info. I grew up in Hackensack so I know exactly where you are at. Unfortunately, I am working Sunday. I will keep checking the threads and hopefully I can make the next one.

Worked in the courthouse for a long time.

No, you cannot strop too much. Well, perhaps you could strop too much if you were a team of stroppers stropping for weeks on end, but ... What you can do is strop badly and that will only take a few strokes to ruin your edge so DON'T strop unnecessarily like that. You should be okay.

Lol, it's funny for some reason I am getting a more comfortable shave when I am up in the 100's vs 60. Maybe it is a mental thing.

Yes, at first my stropping was off, but that gave me practice on my honing... Lol. Now, at least I think, my stopping is spot on.

No, you can't strop too much but you can strop too hard. I've also got a Dovo stainless, and yes, it does take a little more of everything to keep it behaving. What are you honing on?

I recently tried something before offering it as advice... tear off a quarter of the total width from a sheet of newsprint, put a bulldog paperclip at one end, and hang it from something. Now strop on it. If you pull it from the clip, either from lengthwise tension or from the actual stropping, you're stropping too hard.

I've yet to experiment with what happens when you lift the spine or flip too soon.

Best wishes. Hope you get to a meetup soon. Laughed out loud at your line about going to shave with the guys... I've found it's one thing to talk about straight shaving, and another entirely to talk about going online to chat about it. Folks move away from me there on the bench, give me the hairy eyeball...

What an awesome piece of advice! I can't wait to get home and try that. Thanks for the heads up on that one.

Yea, the guys at work think I am nuts for using a straight, if only they knew what they are missing!