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  1. 07-13-2008, 05:00 AM #1
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    Default Interesting articles from the 1930's about blades and stropping

    These may have been posted before but I found them interesting...

    WONDER PHOTOS REVEAL UNSUSPECTED FACTS ABOUT Razor Blades and Shaving

    Delusions About Shaving
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    Thanks for the articles! I am certain that this will provide more fuel to the debate!
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    Extremely interesting!
    thanks for the post.

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    Ive seen this before, and I think its a great article. Not alot of experiments and pictures of edges had the "before and after" shots of stropping. Id love to see this redone today with better quality pics on color and a wideer array of blade types. Thanks for posting this.
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    Just goes to show that guys have been thinking about these subjects for a long time.

    I thought it was funny that in the second article, he mentioned what we call a 'pasted strop' and said he didn't know how it worked but it did.
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    In the light of the above article, it seems as the strop should be well greased, so that stropping After the shave greases the edge slightly thus preventing rust.

    Just a thought, and if a well greased strop (and by "well greased I don't mean a layer of some fat, but more like a really smooth and shiny leather surface.) works as a strop should, well, I guess one has to try and see!

    Sorry for the strange (bad?) english, not my native language!

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