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Wow. Best shave ever. Hone+pasted strop+linen+strop combo proved to be absofreakinlutely amazing. The blade just sliced through everything and the only irritation I got was on a surprise outcrop...

I'll find out tomorrow.

sounds normal then. I guess it was a success then!

So I wiped the strop down with a damp cloth, then rubbed it with a dry one. There's a lot of green on the cloth, which I assume means I removed a lot of CrOx. The strop itself is pretty green...

gssixgun: should the wash cloth be damp? Dry?

diyguy: I have no idea where the wrinkles came from. Larry said it was a bad piece of leather that slipped by. Those things happen and it's not a...

I finally got around to making my (very simple) pasted paddle strop. I used 2inch wide basswood and leather. I cemented the leather onto the wood and then sanded out the nicks and wrinkles. The...