Thread: What will happen if you don't strop before a shave.

Easy answer. Unless your razor has seen a hone very recently your shave will be crap. And even then I wouldn't recommend it because you will not get te smoothness you've come to expect.

I've shaved with blades I thought were dead blunt, only to bring it back to life with a solid stropping and got a wonderful shave. That's the power of stropping.

I think most will agree, that they strop after applying shave cream. It just gives the cream/soap more time on your beard. So, I don't see the problem. Then again, I just had back surgery and I'm on really strong drugs...LOL....I apply the shave cream, then strop.....Unless you just like having the blade ready and waiting. Once your out of the shower, and you dry off, apply your pre shave oil, lather up, then strop...That's another way you go...It gives the soap/cream that much more time to absorb into your beard....