Thread: Don't slice your strop in half

Bummer! Sorry to hear this! I cut one of my best strops once. Fortunately it was at the top of the stroke.
I rubber cemented and sanded a bit. Not so bad and I still use it.
Very irritating to see the scar years later. I realized that all my misses and near misses were at the top, so I concentrate on the top as I strop.
The bottom seems automatic for me.
Sometimes we need to slow down I figure. .

I've never cut a strop, but I do acknowledge that it could happen at any time and try to keep that in mind.

Victor, Victor. Practically perfect in every way!

Such a shame, couldn't have been your new Kanayama. Accident happens when you become complacent.

Sorry to hear that happened to you.

Bob

I feel your pain. I put a good nick in one of mine a while ago and now I am very careful not to strop when distracted or tired.

Currently have 12 stitches in the fleshy part of my right (dominant) hand... will heal fine but currently my grip is shot. I won't be shaving with a straight for a bit, mainly because I'm concerned about the stropping... I can hold a straight fine to shave with, but the fine motor skills of rolling the razor on the strop make it not worth it to me to risk my strop.

Kind of funny I'm more worried about the strop than my face...but I know my face would heal...

Happened to me once. Managed to cut the loose bit out as it was in middle of the strop and the Eastern and Western edges were spared. So now it is no more than a moon-shaped dent.