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If you want to do a HHT and do not have suitable hair yourself: ask a bag full at your local hairdresser's. Some SRP members use hairs of an old or cheap brush, some even use dog hairs.

After digesting the gist of this thread I have been experimenting with my stropping. The result is that my razors stay keen much longer. They pass the HHT time after time, however halfway shaving my...

I do not know Fromm strop dressing, it would interesting to know what it exactly contains, it might increase the abrasiveness of your strop leather.

Scott, what do you dress your strop with? THe dressing might contain some abrasive ingredient or a chemical that reacts with the leather and produces an abrasive surface on the leather.

HandAmerican advertise leathers with high silica content. I am not sure whether that is a natural or an artificial "ingredient" of leather. That might account for the abrasive qualities of some...

Scott,

I have done a few experiments myself and found that I get best results when stropping with the spine just coming off the leather (i.e. hovering 1 or 2 mm above the leather). When doing so...

My guess is that apart from experience the strop material is important as well.
So it would be interesting to know from those who really mastered the stropping art (i.e. who manage to keep their...

I just wish that I could use my razor more often than 10 times before having to hone again. And I understand I am not the only member of SRP to hone or refresh this ofen.

So, what's your secret...