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PuFF, I think you're right on the money.

James,

that's about right. I started with the heel leading and then about midway, the blade evened out so the heel and point were level then the heel took over the lead for a short time (just...

OK, just shaved this morning and the shave was very nice. I did only 2 passes, WTG and ATG with just some small patch touch ups afterward and it was quite enjoyable. Very close and BBS execpt for the...

Scott, James, Puffah, friends, Romans, Countrymen:

Lend me your strops...

OK, ok.. I'm shaving on Saturday but couldn't help myself and studied Scott's diagram and stropping demo video. I went...

Yeah, that looks right to me. I've never tried with the point leading. I have tried with the heel leading (which on my 3" strop keeps the whole blade on the strop for the entire stroke). I've gone to...

I've been doing a slight X pattern while stropping but I can see where the arcing Scott mentions that he does would be more comfortable. I might give it a try for a little bit and see how it feels.

Got it. I think I misunderstood with your comment about the point leading at some point in the stroke shown by the directional arrows in the barber textbook. What you say makes sense to me now.

Right, James. I looked at the barber textbook pictures that Scott linked to.

That looks like a typical X pattern to me. Assuming the razor stays in the position shown (meaning no arcing), the tip would follow the directional line and end in the middle of the strop. Of course,...