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I just shaved with my old 1800s wedge razor, and I wonder if it was a bit smoother now that I stropped it with a slight slackness of the strop. The edge was really nice.

Very interesting. I sometimes manage to get a good edge on my old wedge razor, but it seems to take forever compared to the other razors. I was thinking that it might be because I hold the strop too...

I normally hold my strop almost as straight as an arrow. But I wonder if my old wedge razor (pre 1890) would be stropped more quickly if I slacked it slightly, since there is practically no concave...