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question regarding the experiment - Are you saying that the blade being stropped after shaving should be re-stropped just prior to shaving or are you giving it a rest after stropping?

I have two...

Yes, there must be some elasticity; else how would one reform the edge by stropping? Yes, hard steel seems desireable as long as it's not too brittle. That is the idea behind some of the modern...

Well, I would think that there would have to be some elasticity in the steel. Otherwise, how would you be able to reform the edge using a strop?

I was wondering about this myself. It's generally accepted that some steels will "resharpen" themselves after having the edge rolled from use or stropping. I would think that stropping and resting...