Thread: First 2 weeks of stropping

It is not bad at all. If you do not use sand paper use time... in 30 years use of this strop will smooth out all leather cuts. :-)

Originally Posted by Oaktownraid

I've been with this new endeavor now two weeks and here are the tolls of my noobness. I am curious how many others have done the same with theirs?

They don't call me The Slasher for nothing! Three years into straight razor shaving I've pretty much gotten the shaving and honing by the throat but still struggling with cutting the strop. Don't spend too much for a strop until you become proficient.

Stropping for 2 weeks... now it must be sharp!
I've been quite lucky with my strops, no major nicks but have had a fancy spine scratch my old English horse hide, grrr!

Originally Posted by Ryan82

Yup, right handed. Those nicks can best be avoided by keeping your elbow level or slightly elevated relative to the strop, assuming your strop mount is roughly waist height. Though in the last couple years the only times I've caused a nick is when using a razor with loose scales. It tends to get away from you when stropping fast....

Agree with the loose scales comment. I have a Robert Williams chopper that always tried to get away from me until I tightened the scales.