Thread: Singing razors: what do you dislike about them?

Hint: Watch your forefinger knuckle as you strop try and keep it from rotating, the less it rotates the less wrist you are using
Bury the spine in the strop, move it evenly and equally up and down the strop the edge will follow

That's a good tip. I've heard it described as think of stopping the spine and letting the edge go for the ride. Only contention that I would have with that is that you have to make sure that the bevel is in contact with the leather.

I hold it like a pencil, but the rotate my wrist. When I first saw the "rotate like a pencil" and tried it the edge was slapping the leather as it would roll through the corners. Maybe I rotate pencils and knobs differently than others. So, I gave up on it. Everything was just smoother and sounded better rotating my wrist.

Of course, I don't know how good of a stropper I am. I know that the edge gets better after I strop, but I am not at the "maximizing my edge" place many of yall are at.