Thread: Stropping smiling blades

welsh...,

I got some scruffings on one of my strops too, but figured out it had nothing to do with the edge, rather it was a sharp edge on the french tip that was doing the mischief. The compliance of the hanging strop, versus the absolutely flat paddle strop, should accommodate a bit of a grin just fine.

good luck

I second the rolling technique described earlier. This seems to work on my W&B. Sometimes I don't even apply that technique at all and I get a nicely stropped edge. I guess I just get lucky with pressure here and there.

For all razors, I use a diagonal stroke and not X, for stropping on hanging (2") strop and I have not problem with smiling blades

Originally Posted by Bruce

welsh...,

I got some scruffings on one of my strops too, but figured out it had nothing to do with the edge, rather it was a sharp edge on the french tip that was doing the mischief. The compliance of the hanging strop, versus the absolutely flat paddle strop, should accommodate a bit of a grin just fine.

good luck

Thanks, Bruce.

Hmmm, my scuffings are in the very middle of the stopr though. I will observe more closely to determine the culprit!