Thread: Do we strop too much ?

Originally Posted by MisterMoo

I couldn't count the "FWAPS" as fast as Fred stropped.

"FWAPS" I like that, very descriptive.

Bob

Well, my attitude to it is that "too much" is merely a function of the stropper and nothing else. If you have the time and inclination to do 200 laps before and after each shave who's to tell you that's too much?

Sure, perhaps in terms of the shaving edge you don't need that many laps. Sure, for old time barbers time was money so they did what they could get away with - but how much stropping did they do to get to the point where they could almost literally fly that razor over the strop?

Strop away, I say - and the more the merrier! Too much stropping is never enough. And if you are so time poor that a few extra minutes of stropping is a serious problem for you, Mr Gillette has a solution.

James.