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    First off I want to apologize for not getting back here sooner. It's been a heel of a work week and I and spent. Second I want to thank those who offered to help me outside of this thread and those who offered their constructive criticism. I have a lot to go over and research. If I am still having problems I will be back in touch. Third, given that I haven't slept since Thursday night I'm off to bed. So I will see you all in a bit.

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    Watching your stropping video brought up a question I've had for a few weeks now. Like you, I'm kinda new at this. When I use my strop I stand much like you are standing, essentially at one end of the strop and doing laps that basically go away from me and then back. But I recently realized I have a harder time keeping a good hand position when the razor is at its farthest from me, and I think that affects my return stroke. Since then, I've taken to standing with the strop centered in front of me, doing left and right laps, and it makes it a whole lot easier to maintain a consistent stroke in both directions.

    How do other people do it?
    Maybe I have short arms.

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    ctgill, a question (or two....). How long is your strop? How long is your stropping path? A big mistake by new stroppers is the thought that you have to do the laps the entire length of the strop. In most cases most shavers will use a third to a half of the length per lap. I use about a 10" stropping length and tend not to use the same area of the strop each day I strop.
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    Its a 23" strop. I do tend to use most of the length, so shortening my laps would help. it sounds so obvious a solution when someone mentions it.
    Thank you vey much.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ctgill View Post
    Its a 23" strop. I do tend to use most of the length, so shortening my laps would help. it sounds so obvious a solution when someone mentions it.
    Thank you vey much.
    You're welcome. Glad to help.
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