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Your correct,and nailed the problem. The barbers were not effectively sterilizing the razor after the shave & before stropping. IIRC, alcohol is not effective in killing the hepatitis bacteria. The...

Hepatitis is the major concern with strops. Disinfecting the strop is not practical.

A question for the barbers here... What I had heard some years ago was that the reason for not allowing the traditional straight razor shave was the concern about transmitting the long lived...