Thread: Making a strop

Originally Posted by kwlfca

Bevels can be uneven looking, as in wide on one side and thin on the other, and still be fine...or did you mean that the bevel isn't there in some places?

More like the bevel doesen't touch the strop the same on both sides. Like it's not straight. If that makes any sense?

Is it wavy on the side/s that it doesn't run evenly or just a slightly narrower bevel on one side than the other?


Mick

Other questions: Is the board perfectly flat? and is the leather of an even thickness? These could all be part of the issue.


Mick

Think it has to do with the alignment from spine to edge, the raizor gets bad by stroping it. As in that I am in practise only straping one hole side, and then 1/2 on the other side. Will try and strop the bad side with presure on the tip, and see if it helps.
Today I did not manage to shave with it on that part ADG without cuting my skin. My teory is that I am bending the edge to one side?

Originally Posted by MickR

Other questions: Is the board perfectly flat? and is the leather of an even thickness? These could all be part of the issue.


Mick

Yes, only on one side of the razor there is a problem.

Originally Posted by Einar

Think it has to do with the alignment from spine to edge, the raizor gets bad by stroping it. As in that I am in practise only straping one hole side, and then 1/2 on the other side. Will try and strop the bad side with presure on the tip, and see if it helps.
Today I did not manage to shave with it on that part ADG without cuting my skin. My teory is that I am bending the edge to one side?

I suspect there might be a problem with your stropping here, that or your strop.
While the razor in question is not entirely straight, almost none of the vintage ones are, it is not in such a shape that it requires any kind of special stropping.

As you may have seen, the bevel width varies a bit from side to side, and somewhat along each side as well.
But again, that goes for most vintage razors if you look close enough, and within reason will not affect shaving even in the slightest.

Seems you are overthinking this a bit, that and your stropping isn't quite up to snuff quite yet.

Bring the razor along to my place thursday, and I'll correct whatever issues it has after your usage and stropping, if any.
And we can do a little one on one stropping so that you'll better be able to maintain your razors shave-readiness longer

Originally Posted by Birnando

I suspect there might be a problem with your stropping here, that or your strop.
While the razor in question is not entirely straight, almost none of the vintage ones are, it is not in such a shape that it requires any kind of special stropping.

As you may have seen, the bevel width varies a bit from side to side, and somewhat along each side as well.
But again, that goes for most vintage razors if you look close enough, and within reason will not affect shaving even in the slightest.

Seems you are overthinking this a bit, that and your stropping isn't quite up to snuff quite yet.

Bring the razor along to my place thursday, and I'll correct whatever issues it has after your usage and stropping, if any.
And we can do a little one on one stropping so that you'll better be able to maintain your razors shave-readiness longer

Hehe, did not know that you had to strop acording to the razor(nuub). Don't understand why I haven't started with this until now. Razors are so damn unforgiving! Love it

Also the the spine vs edge grinding are confusing me, with the tapes and all.

See u soon