Thread: Brand new an have a strop/hone question.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Welcome to SRP. If you were to strop in the same direction, edge leading, that you hone, you would damage the strop ...... If I understand the question correctly .....

now im not gonna say i did this the same day i got my new razor and strop , but i will say it only takes about 2/16" and a few words of un-encouragement to realize you gotta go the other way !! again just saying lol


least you asked and thought about it !! your a step ahead of were i was ..lol

i mean who ever it was that did that to his/her strop

I appreciate the help advice an the welcome. . As for the links you posted none will open they keep giving me an error I will try from my computer.

Although I am not new to shaving with a atraight razor currently I have 13 razors
#1 Dovo-Inox
#2 Dovo-best quality
#3 case-temperate 20
#4 case-red imp
#5 razor works-prior
#6 H.H Smith co-mark-V
#7 H Geo Henry-Ophir gem
#8 H Geo Henry-Wedge IX
#9 Kinfolks inc-Blue steel special
#10 Germania cutl works-Oxford Razor
#11 Old reliable B.S.Co-Toms Cutter
#12 Arnold B.S.Co-Arkansaw
#13 The Genco Co-Genco edge

Ok I have to say this I appreciate everyones input to my question an I don't want to anger anyone this is in no way an insult to anyone but it seems that you all think a bit one directional. Now the reason I say this is you all assume that I mean to strop the same direction as I hone I am a little smarter than a cave man well maybe. No one thought about me wanting to hone in the same direction as I strop I simply didn't understand why it was done in the opposite direction I do now an thanks to all who have helped me to understand the reasons why.

That makes the question a bit clearer. The reason you hone in the other direction is to prevent a wire edge forming on the razor as I understand it, hope this helps.

Originally Posted by gooser

now im not gonna say i did this the same day i got my new razor and strop , but i will say it only takes about 2/16" and a few words of un-encouragement to realize you gotta go the other way !! again just saying lol


least you asked and thought about it !! your a step ahead of were i was ..lol

i mean who ever it was that did that to his/her strop

Nobody's perfect, we all make mistakes!
I've made my share lately!

Originally Posted by Loveofdamascus

Ok I have to say this I appreciate everyones input to my question an I don't want to anger anyone this is in no way an insult to anyone but it seems that you all think a bit one directional. Now the reason I say this is you all assume that I mean to strop the same direction as I hone I am a little smarter than a cave man well maybe. No one thought about me wanting to hone in the same direction as I strop I simply didn't understand why it was done in the opposite direction I do now an thanks to all who have helped me to understand the reasons why.

Go ahead and hone in the same direction that you strop (i.e. edge trailing), it works ok. You will likely find out that it doesn't work as well, and there are good reasons for it, but it is a second order effect and a bit of an advanced thing as far as understanding the process. If you're really interested and academically minded start by reading Verhoeven's papers and you can eventually understand it, spoon-feeding you the science and math won't work anyways. However, most people are happy enough with trying both ways and then using the one that works better for them.

I do understand it now thanks to the other members posts! An wouldnt reading it still be a spoon feeding Based on your implication of the phrase!!!

Actually you still don't understand the difference, but that doesn't matter because you think you do. And unless you try it out yourself with a hone and a razor like the rest of us have done it long time ago it's largely academic question.
There is no point for me to talk with you about publication you haven't read, so I won't.

Just because I haven't read the same publication as you doesn't mean I don't understand!!

That being said I'm so sorry I met the guy who knows everything including what I know an what I've learned God knows there's no way anyone can learn anything in a day even if there using a sight with knowledgeable people to help amongst other teaching utensils an just so you know I maybe new to the forum but I am by no means new to using a straight razor ie honing stropping shaving I've even sharpened plenty of knives!!!!

No there's plenty to learn if one is more into learning than into talking.

I think you are mistaken about me - I don't know everything but one thing I've learned is that nobody learns anything unless they put some hard work into it. Other people's knowledge is helpful in the process of learning, but it's primarily about the learner and what he puts in.

It doesn't matter how many razors and knives you have sharpened - your posts so far have shown lack of curiosity in terms of trying out things yourself, and lack of civility and a destructive agenda in the ones that were deleted.

I know for a fact that you are not here to find answers and be part of the community and I will recommend that you do not push your luck.