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Well, the past few days with faster stropping have all been good. Probably 8 out of 10 for these shaves. Very little irritation and no pulling.

I'm fairly convinced that, for a given number of...

I'm still at this experiment, but have not had a lot of time to post over the past week or so. End of semester is rapidly approaching and I've needed to write several exam papers etc.

Anyway, I...

Pretty good shaves all round. It does feel as though the edges on both razors are improving each time I strop at this quicker pace. 7/10 for both shaves today.

James.

Only did my head this morning. It was an OK shave - small amount of pulling, no blood, no missed or rough spots, and no burn anywhere that I could see. 6-7/10.

This particular razor I'm using for...

First medium speed stropping shave this morning. I tried to maintain 1 return trip per second for these. 30 laps.

The shave felt better than the last slow stropped one. Just a little bit of...

Sorry I didn't post yesterday but I took the day off shaving - mainly because I had been in contact with a cat on Friday (I'm mildly allergic to cats) and had a rash on my neck and cheeks that I...

Well so far I've been doing 1 lap every 3-5 seconds on the slow stropping shaves. I've got a shower timer that beeps after a set number of minutes - I'll set that up when I move on the faster speeds...

Yes, that's true. However, I've tried to be mindful of that when I was stropping slowly - got plenty of time so I have been very careful to make sure the edge is contacting correctly and so on. While...

Slow stropping again this morning.

As bad, if not worse, than the other days. I'm definitely convinced that very slow stropping does absolutely nothing for my shaves. Maybe if I did more laps, but...

Which could be why my shaves haven't been as nasty as Alan's. I've been using razors that have been stropped normally in the past, whereas I think Alan's razor came fresh off the hone.

James.

....no!....(gasp)....must.....complete....experimental.....protocol.....(cough)!

No, seriously, I've already spoken to Alan about cutting short the "slow" phase - I'll do one or two more days at...

I don't have a linen-sided strop, so for me it's just leather (after rubbing the strop with the heel of my hand a couple of times).

James.

Second shave with slow stropping (same as yesterday).

Face shave was similar to yesterday - pulling and razor burn. WTG pass was OK, but ATG pass was a bit painful. Forget BBS. Burn spread to...

Did my first shaves this morning.

I'm using two razors - one for the face and one for the head. Both have had probably 4 or 5 shaves since their last hone and I won't hone them before the end of...