Thread: Does any body strop between shave passes?

I read somewhere that iwasaki razors were getting over 1000 shaves using only linen and leather. Even they they say the blades were only slightly dull. I think if your razor is dulling by the time you go for a third pass there might be a list of problems, most of which probably don't fall on the razor but the user...

Originally Posted by prodigy

I read somewhere that iwasaki razors were getting over 1000 shaves using only linen and leather. Even they they say the blades were only slightly dull. I think if your razor is dulling by the time you go for a third pass there might be a list of problems, most of which probably don't fall on the razor but the user...

I don't want to say it's user error, but I tend to agree with Prodigy, my razors go many shaves with linen and leather, if I had a razor that dulled between passes I'd probably send it out to have it evaluated, so far none have done this, and to clear I,m one of the guys with a tough beard, ymmv. Tc