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edge maintenance with a barbers hone will keep the razor sharp enough to shave when stropping alone will not be sufficient. Edge restoration is what is needed when a razor has been neglected or...

The conk stone is crap. Conk pushes them, I dont know why, it might maintain an edge but I doubt it. Cuts way too slow for restoration work. I like my russian strops 1) great feed back . 2) they are...

Its a good basic strop, no conditioner needed. Alot of things like canvas vs linen vs wool etc is just personal preference.

For the ever popular BBS(baby butt smooth) 1 pass with the grain, 1 pass across the grain, 1 pass against the grain.

I am a big fan of the red russian type strops due to their feedback when stropping, am fanatic about the soaps from the gentlemans quarter; bay rum, leatherneck etc, be sure to get a badger silvertip...

C-Mon is good! Bad stropping will reflect in the shave. Lay the blade flat on the strop with the spine leading, do not strop edge first. Move the razor up the strop, roll it over n the spine and drag...