Thread: different sonds on each side of my razor

Originally Posted by edhewitt

The roo is a roo leather strop, not a wild kangaroo that I chase around whilst trying to strop my razor.

Now that sure paints a picture in my head... I bet that would be quite a challenge!

can you not tame the roo to be less feral, put some food out to coax it then as each day goes by move the position of the bowl of food closer and closer to your bathroom

Originally Posted by bombay

can you not tame the roo to be less feral, put some food out to coax it then as each day goes by move the position of the bowl of food closer and closer to your bathroom

I suppose, then I could shave the roo, and have a living strop that could guard my stuff when I am out.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

I suppose, then I could shave the roo, and have a living strop that could guard my stuff when I am out.

On that note, maybe teach it's joey to hone for you?

Have you seen an Audiologist recently?

Originally Posted by ace

Have you seen an Audiologist recently?

No, I am resisting the tide of age, and I will also be having a night off shaving due to beer, so will have to post an update tomorrow. And I still haven't broken the 30 min barrier with my shaves you 3 minute show off I can get under 20 go to woah with a one pass but my OCD stops me from leaving it there.

Just a thought could it be speed. Sometimes if not fully concentrating I find that I strop faster in 1 direction than the other causing a different sound.

Well, Ed the fact that you are getting a different sound on the Cloth to is something to look into a bit more then, Listening while stropping can actually tell you quite a bit, so just the fact that you are paying attention now in and of itself will probably help the edge

You might try putting the strop along the edge of a counter or table and strop very carefully and see if you can detect any difference,, that will eliminate many variables in your technique...

I can tell you that for me, I do hear a difference on leather, but I don't on Linen, the smoother the leather the less difference I hear

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Well, Ed the fact that you are getting a different sound on the Cloth to is something to look into a bit more then, Listening while stropping can actually tell you quite a bit, so just the fact that you are paying attention now in and of itself will probably help the edge

You might try putting the strop along the edge of a counter or table and strop very carefully and see if you can detect any difference,, that will eliminate many variables in your technique...

I can tell you that for me, I do hear a difference on leather, but I don't on Linen..

For fear of this becoming a bun fight I am tempted to PM you, but the sound was slightly abrasivey (a new word I just made up) in one direction, so maybe 10pups was on to something, and as I think I said it wasn't by the end. Any ideas? And I think I may have also mentioned the draw seemed.to get lighter.

I have a Roo strop tooooo hehehe that rhymes

I will do some stropping later and see if anything pops into my brain other then just the grain difference, the thing that leans me toward a technique difference is you notice it on the cloth..

Hey "Abrasivey" sounds just fine to a guy that used "Spikier" earlier this morning