Howdy all,
I was wondering if it was possible to over strop a blade?
Or is stropping just good news all around no matter how much?
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Howdy all,
I was wondering if it was possible to over strop a blade?
Or is stropping just good news all around no matter how much?
Yup just leather and canvas stropping
I think it would take a whole lot of stropping to get to that point. A lot of guys routinely strop 50 linen & 100 leather before a shave. Just a wild guess, but I doubt we'd see anything nerve-racking before 1000 laps. Of course I'm assuming that your technique is correct the whole time.
Anyone up for an experiment? :popcorn:
I always do 50/100 before a shave and 25/50 after one.
Well I just finished stroping a razor for an hour that had magically lost its edge. Figure I was doing 1 lap per 2 seconds on average - 15 minutes of testing and getting the feeling back in my forearm. Other than recovering the edge and making it hard to type I don't think anything ill has come of it.
_Will
I have to agree that (if done correctly) canvas/leather is a good thing and you can never have too much of a good thing :) IMO
basil,
With good stropping I would doubt if any harm is done at all.
With bad stropping, much harm could be done.
When I started, I took the edge off my first razor four (4) times by bad stropping :(
Have fun !
Best regards
Russ
Other than wasting your time, there is no problem with over stropping.