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  1. 03-30-2014, 03:58 PM #1
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    Most people find about 30 to be the minimum. I think you can do less, depending on the blade. Everybody has a different strop too. We also have to be careful about applying generic rules too globally. But, above all else, never accept a lower quality shave. If a straight razor isn't shaving smoother than a DE, you're still learning.
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    I'm a huge stropping advocate 45 passes on my Lipshaw Microtome diamond rubber side, 100+ passes on leather side.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Tarkus View Post
    I'm a huge stropping advocate 45 passes on my Lipshaw Microtome diamond rubber side, 100+ passes on leather side.
    AHA! You are up from 40/80 and never told me! Unfair!
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    I rest my case.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sharptonn View Post
    AHA! You are up from 40/80 and never told me! Unfair!
    Thats why your smooth, but I'm SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOTH.......
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    It sounds a little like stropping on rubber embedded with diamonds occupies a space between stropping and honing?
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    Quote Originally Posted by WW243 View Post
    It sounds a little like stropping on rubber embedded with diamonds occupies a space between stropping and honing? with
    No diamonds in it!
    Just diamond patterned material!
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    Wonder if that would work with the ring thing? Honey, I just got you a new diamond ring....well no, it isn't sparkly, it's rubber diamonds.....I had a budget to work with......
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    I was trying to recall back in the day waiting for my haircut as a kid and watching the barbers shave customers how many strokes they did on the strop. It was so fast it was hard to tell but probably 15 complete passes before every customer including when they used a straight to trim my sideburns and the back of my head.
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    Helps explain the success of the double edge razor.
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    I was trying to recall back in the day waiting for my haircut as a kid and watching the barbers shave customers how many strokes they did on the strop. It was so fast it was hard to tell but probably 15 complete passes before every customer including when they used a straight to trim my sideburns and the back of my head.
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