Gentlemen,

I began palm stropping several years ago and it became a habit. How and why I started I don't remember, although I figured that the palm is leather, too, so why not? As long as I was careful, of course. Years later Mastro Livi did it in a video I saw and I thought that if he did it, I was in good company.

I palm strop after every regular stropping sequence, about 50 strokes, after honing on stones and before each shave. I still figure the palm is leather, too, and probably the sweetest of the leather strops.