Thread: Lather, strop, shave? ***or*** Strop, lather, shave

strop the night before

Strop, shower, lather, shave, strop

Normally I lather, strop, then shave.
But, if I use William's shave soap, then the lather on 1/2 my face can get dry during shaving, so I end up doing lather, strop, re-lather, shave.

Originally Posted by Ryan82

I strop, shower, lather, shave and strop again before storing the razor.

+1. Same here.

strop, lather, shave. And that is the right way of doing it...everyone else is WRONG!! (just kidding by the way) I used to lather first but sometimes the lather would drip while stropping and I was afraid to get it on my strop so I switched it up. I let everything soak in hot water while stropping.

Strop, shower, lather, and shave.
In the shower I use soap first on my face and then when washing my hair I use excess shampoo lather on the beard. That leaves the face as clean as I can get it.
Also I have found that if I put excess shaving lather on top of the shave soap and leave it there until the next morning, it helps to keep the soap puck hydrated. I get much better, or at least easier lather that way.

Generally, I will lather, strop, re-lather, shave, and then strop again.

Shower, rub in a bit of pre-shave, lather over that, strop, rinse & re-lather, shave and then strop again. I use an old mug for lathering my soap and a scuttle separately so I always like to lather first out of the mug and then while I am stroping, the brush is getting a good warming in the scuttle. Shaving bliss....

strop -- lather -- hot towel -- re-lather -- shave -- clean-up face & gear -- strop