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Yeah, all part of the learning curve I s'pose. An X stroke seems to work with every edge, but in retrospect it should've been obvious the straight back and forth motion I was using with a straight...

Heh, I almost forgot this thread existed. Funny the difference a year can make. Settled on an X stroke, haven't had an issue with stropping for a while.

I saw one spot towards the heel that had been dinged somehow. I don't remember tapping the edge on anything, but it was definitely rolled. No flat/shiny spots. This razor's been a bit of a problem...

Cleaned up the bevel on the Norton 4K, did a touch up with the Dragon's tongue, then Lynn Melynllyn. Made 2 somewhat small adjustments in stropping - less tension by just a tiny bit, and X strokes....

Put a little sharpie in the edge of the razor and did a little test to see where it was contacting my strop. Turns out the way I was stropping almost none of the beven was contacting the strop! I...

No, I kinda cant the blade 45 degrees so (hopefully) the strop gets the whole edge, and rely on the strop being flexible to conform to the edge. I was wondering if maybe I should be using a rolling x...

Just wondering if there is anything different about stropping a razor with a smile. My Germania Cutlery works has a slight smile to it, and it seems to have dulled really quickly - I may have gotten...