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06-25-2015, 09:16 PM #1
Stropping Questions
So this morning on my shave I realized I had forgotten to strop the razor prior to the shave, but not until I was halfway through my second pass. (I blame it on not enough coffee.) My normal stropping routine is 20 laps on linen and 50 on leather before a shave, and 12-15 laps on each post shave. Most of my strops are 3 inches wide and 24 inches long, so I don't do X pattern laps unless I am using a narrower one. The blade was fine this morning, no tugging or anything. Apparently my post shave stropping is enough to prep the blade for my next shave. Not sure if this is a YMMV thing or not.
- Is there a normal number of laps? I am thinking what I am doing preshave might be excessive.
- Checking my thinking on this one: Since the strop is wider and longer, one lap on this would probably be equal to two laps on a shorter 2 inch wide strop with the xpattern, as far as the blade staying in contact with the leather/ linen.
I plan on experimenting with less laps, just wanted to get some thoughts from other shavers.