Originally Posted by
JMS
I'm not so certain this is wrong information. Although I don't do this now there was a time that I would only strop every third use or so. Sometimes it worked well and sometimes it didn't, which is why I strop daily now. I just couldn't get continually consistent results.
As to the fin breaking off, I think that there is also some truth in that. the way I hear people on this forum teach other people to strop (softly, no pressure) goes contrary to the way I have stropped for 15 plus years, which is with pressure (I get something like 3 to 6 months of shaves before I have to touch up a blade) It occurs to me that if you used the same pressure that I do to strop after you shave you could very well break off the fin where it is not aligned!
Most barber stropping videos also show pressure, and shaving and stropping as much as they do might present a real problem that us home shavers may not notice as quickly!