Thread: Stropping issue for still newbie

OK I have been doing well with the shaving and have discovered a problem with my stropping. I have been going slow following the video on stropping. My issue is that I have a sharper end at the tip back about 3/4 inch to the middle.

I am not sure how this is happening angle? pressure?
What is the best way to correct this

This razor is a dovo 5/8 ths stropped on a dovo prima rindleder strop (two sides)

Ideas?

Originally Posted by speckey

OK I have been doing well with the shaving and have discovered a problem with my stropping. I have been going slow following the video on stropping. My issue is that I have a sharper end at the tip back about 3/4 inch to the middle.

I am not sure how this is happening angle? pressure?
What is the best way to correct this

This razor is a dovo 5/8 ths stropped on a dovo prima rindleder strop (two sides)

Ideas?

The issue you have is not stropping issue it is honing problem.

Originally Posted by speckey

OK I have been doing well with the shaving and have discovered a problem with my stropping. I have been going slow following the video on stropping. My issue is that I have a sharper end at the tip back about 3/4 inch to the middle.

I am not sure how this is happening angle? pressure?
What is the best way to correct this

This razor is a dovo 5/8 ths stropped on a dovo prima rindleder strop (two sides)

Ideas?

Well personally I found that the proper stropping technique took me the longest to master.

So you're saying that your razor is sharper at the toe end? Is that to say that the rest of the edge is dull? Do you use an x-pattern when stropping or do you just go straight back-and-forth?

My pattern is back and forth.
The whole blade is sharp but the toe end is sharper.

Are you saying that it needs a new edge?

My TI is was like that as well till I re-honed it.
As long as the rest of the blade is sharp, I don't see a problem with it.
I would use the toe to get some of the hard to get areas and did just fine.

I was just worried that it was my stropping

If the razor shaves, how are you determining that one part of the edge is more sharp? It could be a matter of the tip being easier to maneuver, particularly for touch-ups and individual hairs.

I am determining the sharpness by the shave on my cheek and with a thumb test. The front of the blade cuts better than the back half.

I just dont want to be doing something wrong that will harm the edge

Originally Posted by speckey

Are you saying that it needs a new edge?

if the current condition is not acceptable for you then answer is
Yes.