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I will strop a blade after shaving. After a shave I'll focus the stropping more on the linen side rather than the leather. I'll do 60 linen and 20 leather after a shave. Before I shave, I will do 20...

So, do we let the blade, "fin" for 12-24 hours or strop that puppy silly right after shaving with it?

I heard over-stropping can lead to blindness......:o

Excellent Glen, excellent!

Agreed...:)

Excellent Hirlau, excellent!

(Damm...need a emoticon of Mr. Burns with the pyramid hands saying, "Excellent Hirlau, excellent! :))

So this would suggest that stropping after a shave is not recommended?

LOL - it was explained to me once that a razor needs to, "fin" for 24 hours.

The analogy was to a fin on a fish, that after a shave the fin wasn't straight, and needed to return to a healthy...