Originally Posted by
AirColorado
This may have been addressed to death already but I can't find it. I'm wondering if a good 30K stone would be a good substitute for a final strop. I don't mind the strop but seem to tear them up, but I do just enjoy putting a blade to the stone and was wondering if I could get equally good finishes from a stone as opposed to a strop before each shave?
I seem to have horrible stopping technique that no amount of practice can shake (SRD is almost a bi-weekly order for strops). So I'm assuming that after a few more months, a really good final (and very fine grit) stone may be worth the cost as opposed to dropping $25 or so every month for a new strop replacement slab-o-leather.