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It's interesting that this thread has been re-invigorated after so long :-)

Now I have a wider strop (that I reserve for use on Sundays during my bedroom shaving stand shaves), I DO do more of an...

Thanks everyone for the replies, esp you Tim.
Ironsidegnr's reply is useful too. I too, started with this stroke, though I did TRY and do a 'proper' X stroke like the obedient little fellow I am....

Thank you for the replies, I was thinking maybe I was quite mad for a little while there :-)

I don't know any more what I think. I'm thinking in a traditional X stroke, the heel starts top left side of the strop, ends bottom right of the strop. Then you flip the blade, and heel starts...

At risk of starting to get annoying, here's the two worst drawings in history. I simply repeat these two strokes; just one diagonal of the 'X'.

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I don't think I'm explaining myself well, I do just one of the 'X' diagonals, top left to bottom right; I don't flip and go bottom left to top right; I flip and go bottom right to top left, so, top...

Hi, probably a silly question, or just an observation really, but I've now been straight shaving for around a year and get very good results. I hone all my own razors and am very happy with...