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    Does a person strop a disposable SR blade or does a person just shave with it until it dulls like a DE blade? If you do strop it, then how long can a disposable blade last. Thanks, guys.

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    Default don't really know.

    I don't have any personal experience though I have heard of differences in quality for those blades so stropping them up might improve a factory made edge. I suggest experimenting with them; see how long one shaves well for without stropping, and then, with a new blade, see how long one shaves well that is regularly stropped. After that, maybe see if you can bring a little life back to the first blade which has dulled.
    The point of the disposables is to avoid all that business but for the sake of economics and environment I would rather keep a blade going as long as possible. This is also a great way to practice stropping before one makes the investment in a straight proper.

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    You'd have to look at the system you have and see if there's enough blade to strop. I've been using a shavette and because of the thickness of the holder and the amount of the actual blade that sticks out it makes it pretty much impossible to strop (I had thought of trying this myself). I don't know how the other's are set up though (Feather, etc..). I don't think it would hurt to try.

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    Don't strop. All you will accomplish is to wear the coating off the blade.

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    Thanks, guys. I am going to place my two blades in long-term storage, take a step back and try the disposables.

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    How do you guys like the disposible systems? Compared to a real straight razor? (2 questions.)

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    I like my feather very easy to use and nice on those days you need to rush the routine a bit. It definately is not as smooth as a real straight and I find the shaves do not last as long, all that being said I still prefer regular straight but would definately recomend a disposable for travel or those rush days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ziggy925 View Post
    How do you guys like the disposible systems? Compared to a real straight razor? (2 questions.)
    It's o.k. I've only gotten one "real" st8 shave before I messed it up with my sloppy stropping (still learning). I had decided to go with str8s in the middle of February and after poking around I got the shavette from amazon. I didn't find the forum untill probably the end of March. Too bad too since I could have gotten a shave ready razor off the classifieds for what I paid for the shavette but hey. I figure that after fine tuning my shaves with the disposables the transition to the real deal with be much smoother, just have to keep practicing my stropping so I don't screw up another edge.

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    Why not get yourself a Rolls razor?
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kees View Post
    Why not get yourself a Rolls razor?
    Never heard of it. I'll look it up, but I'm starting to lean towards an inexpensive shave ready DOVO. As some posters here have said, not much more than a good disposible.

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