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That's what I thought, but it also seems you could go at least 3 shaves without stropping (why?), if you let the razor rest.

That's a great experiment, Alan! And I think the results are pretty convincing.

It supports Dovo's recommendation not to strop at the end of a shave, because the edge is too misaligned and...

You have agood point. I used to go to an old barber and he only used a few razors in a day. Also, it was not unusual for him to strop mid-shave. If the microserrations are misaligned, how does the...

The quote from Dovo is the one I was talking about, but I've seen the same thing mentioned in other places. Boon is one of them.

I don't think anyone is saying that you don't have to strop if...

That's exactly the reason I went looking for other information. They only mention stropping before and during the shave. Not stropping after is consistent with the resting theory.

Dovo is a...

THe advice about stropping comes from no less than Dovo itself: see paragraph 5 at http://www.dovo.com/e/seiten/faq.html#2. So, the simple answer is that it is not bad advice.

Stropping too...