Thread: different sonds on each side of my razor

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Ed, I specifically used my Roo on Sunday just for this thread

There is a very slight difference in the sound and I mean very slight, the grain on mine is pretty darn smooth.. Compared to my Illinois #827 that has a distinct grain direction it is night and day.

That could be something to do with it glen, not on the leather necessarily, but with the fabric, the weave could be not parallel this along with the razors relative angle to the strop, could have something to do with it.
By relative angle I don't mean that the spine or edge is lifted, but that the stroke tends to be slightly windscreen wiperish (al la jimbos extreme stropping vid).
Also if one side of the blade had been bent over slightly by my beginner honing that would do it too. Though I seem to remember the phenomenon before I self honed.
Anyway, stropped the same razor again tonight and it seems to be pretty much better now.
Thanks again ed.

One time my razor moaned, wait, that was me.....it was going the wrong way on my skin. Ed, I hate to see this thread closed out, just a desperate lifeline to keep it going.