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Yea, the pressure thing becomes a dilemma, given what we know about what everyone else does. Let me add though that the pressure is "enough to feel a draw" and that the sharper a razor is the less...

Chrisl,

I think you would really benefit from reading the 1961 Barbers Manual in the archives, particularly page 26.

If you have read it how would you respond/comment to the text which...

The good news about strop sag is that although it usually dulls a blade the angle that the strop actually contacts into the edge is often not that bad.

I still get the feeling your alluding to...

This might make an interesting discussion. I've never noted different razors needing to be stropped differently.

I will say though that stropping, secretly, is a combination of polishing the...