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Thanks, AFDavis!!! I'm printing this up and re-reading it before the next shave. Very detailed.

The other point, which may have already been covered in this thread, but even if so, bears...

This is such a simple-seeming thing yet devilishly difficult to get all the terms straight (at least to my mind).

I have now watched Sham's video a half dozen times and still don't get it.
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I must be missing something.

In watching the video, Sham seems to have his thumb on the flat of the tang -- in fact at one point he refers to putting your thumb on the razor's manufacturer's name....

Just to make sure I'm getting this-- when you talk about the thumb being on the upper left corner, this is assuming the razor is at the far side of the strop and getting ready to be drawn towards the...

I had not seen this video before-- very nice demo of the finger movements that make the flip happen.

Will have to practice this now that it makes sense to me.

thanks!

Folks,
See my recent thread about my ongoing attempt to improve my stropping (after practicing for a couple years!)

I am basically overhauling my stropping technique and so recently re-watched...