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Strop before every shave. The only exception is when you get your razor professionally honed. The razor is coated in oil when you get it and all you normally need to do is wipe the oil off and then...

With a narrower strop, you need to learn the X pattern as well as the timing for flipping the blade - not impossible, but one more thing to learn.

With a 3" strop, you will only need to worry...