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

What is your routine?

1) lather first
2) strop
3) then shave

or do you prefer to

1) stop first
2) lather
3) then shave

For my money I lather first, strop, then shave. This way I get a little more beard softening time before I shave.

P.S. of course there might be a few who shave, lather, strop - but they need a good talking to.

Strop the night before and in the morning lather and shave.

Bob

My usual routine is lather - strop - relather - shave.

I strop - lather - shave.
For me it seems the right way to do.
And ok, if I have to move a lot with lather on my face, when I have to start shaving, lather is everywhere but on my face

Strop Lather shave.

In cali we have really hard water so I have enough trouble keeping a nice creamy lather so waiting for stropping is out of the question

Lather, shave, strop. Everything in the box is ready for action!

On shave day, I shower then apply pre-shave cream, then usually face lather from hard soaps and shave. Post shave use alum block, then lotion or balm. I almost never strop in the bathroom immediately before shaving. Usually, my stropping is a separate Zen activity from the actual shave. Usually I'll strop multiple razors on several strops in another room the day or days before shave day. This way I devote my full attention to stropping which keeps most my rotation razors ready to use at any time. My finishing stone touchups and stropping are a combined separate activity. It's like having two hobbies with twice the fun.

Strop, Lather, Shave...it can be dry here in Texas...

Shave, strop, hone,lather

Button, zip! (Obscure "Babylon 5" Sci Fi Television show reference)

I'm a strop-lather-shave guy.

Jeff