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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
    So many things effect it. Glad you are working through it. One of the big ones for me was stropping. It takes time to correct bad habits like rolling the edge or flipping the wrist. We all have our achilles heel.
    I do flip my wist when I strop.

    I do hold the tang between my fingers and sort of half flip it as well but I have just sort of got used to twisting my wrist.

    It doesn't affect my stropping or edges but it does make my wrist ache a lot and I'm usually relieved when finished.
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    Thems is just a plain ol white pair of shorts.
    ( trousers with the legs cut off )

    I don't wear underwear, I free ball it. !
    Way too much information!
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    Quote Originally Posted by outback View Post
    Thems is just a plain ol white pair of shorts.
    ( trousers with the legs cut off )

    I don't wear underwear, I free ball it. !
    Ha! We call that "going commando"
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    I do flip my wist when I strop.

    I do hold the tang between my fingers and sort of half flip it as well but I have just sort of got used to twisting my wrist.

    It doesn't affect my stropping or edges but it does make my wrist ache a lot and I'm usually relieved when finished.
    I twisted my wrist for a long time and once I got past rolling the edges it was fine except, as you say, it tires the forearm. I can only speak for myself. It's not wrong exactly, it just wore my arm out. It took some trust to let it roll between the fingers. I was afraid of scarring my strop I guess. It was less a difference between right and wrong as it was just easier on the arm to roll the tang between the fingers. Slowing down helped me.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markbignosekelly View Post
    Ha! We call that "going commando"
    I'd call it "going regimental". It was explained to me by members of the local Lake Superior Scottish Regiment.

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    In the south we call that going "free bird"

    Don't knock it till you've tried it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaulFLUS View Post
    I twisted my wrist for a long time and once I got past rolling the edges it was fine except, as you say, it tires the forearm. I can only speak for myself. It's not wrong exactly, it just wore my arm out. It took some trust to let it roll between the fingers. I was afraid of scarring my strop I guess. It was less a difference between right and wrong as it was just easier on the arm to roll the tang between the fingers. Slowing down helped me.
    You see a lot of videos of guys, even those who have experience that twist their wrists & I guess they've adapted to that style but the old barbers manuals recommend rolling between the fingers. Apart from the ergonomics you can unintentionally add more torque on the return stroke if you twist the wrist.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    the old barbers manuals recommend rolling between the fingers. Apart from the ergonomics you can unintentionally add more torque on the return stroke if you twist the wrist.
    Truth. I was also told this is the correct way, they said to me "imagine turning a volume knob" all fingers, no wrist
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    I have to say that 85% of the flip is fingers but a little wrist is involved when i strop. Just a little. And I can strop for 500 laps without issue if the blade is made proper.
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    I'm going to try again without twisting my wrist.

    I'm going to need to unlearn so it will probably be a bit awkward.

    One thing that does occur to me. If a person is just flipping the razor with their fingers like a pencil, they must apply almost no pressure I guess.

    Even though I twist my wrist I wouldn't say I apply excessive pressure but my razor definitely knows it's had a good stropping.
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