Search:

If you are not hurting your edges stropping, you are doing nothing wrong. I doubt there is much difference in effect on the edge between a fast or slow draw. The draw is usually a user preference.
...

Yea, it did not take long for my wife to learn not to distract me when shaving so I no longer have to keep the door shut. We have all done something similar when distracted for whatever reason. Now...

Draw on a strop refers to the resistance you feel while stropping. Some strops have virtually no draw while other do. The amount of draw is a personal preference and does not effect how well the...

My first strop came from Phil and it was a 3 inch English bridle leather one with a felt secondary. It is more than good enough for a first strop imho and if you don't butcher it too badly will last...

Got a link to the strop?

Bob

Hang on, is it this one?

https://classicedge.ca/index.php?route=product/product&path=38_108&product_id=2862


Looks like the first one I cut up.

You touch up a blade when you just start to feel the edge going. This can be done with a few strokes on a finishing hone or some laps on a pasted strop. If you let the edge get too far gone it...

Not necessarily so. No stinging is usually considered a sign of a good shave all other factors of the shave considered like closeness. OTH a little tingling is no so bad. Be careful with pressure.
...

Steve, that reminds me of how nervous I was when I started to teach myself how to shave with a straight razor. That is all perfectly normal too. You will eventually get more comfortable with it just...