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BANG. Gotcha, Steve. :)

Josh

In my mind, the thing that resolves the mid-shave strop issue is the barber manuals, which all seem to advocate several stropping sessions during the shave. These guys were mostly using barber hones...

I think I'm with Ivo in that the quality of the shave doesn't change so much as the feeling of the blade on my skin. Without a few licks on the strop mid-shave, the edge definitely starts to feel...

I am in the same boat, and mid-shave stropping has helped me greatly. I typically do 30 to 60 passes before the shave, then 5 to 10 at several points during the shave. Leather only.

There are some...