Thread: Stropping a stainless blade

Good evening!

I just got my first stainless razor, a Livi with RWL 34 steel. Is there any difference between stropping stainless vs carbon or can I just treat it the same as my other blades?

I can't wait to shave with it!

No difference just strop as you would any other blade.

Bob

You probably should strop it a little more carefully because it's a Livi, not because it's stainless.

I have almost the exact same razor. You're in for a real treat.

Just strop as usual.

Thanks! I figured it would be the same but wanted to ask the experts

There is no difference. Shaver is very easy to use because of its shape.

If you go to the razor club- Mastro Livi the razorGuy has a great write up in response to my question. I own 3 Livi's and got the RW34 stainless on Ebay. I just could not get a really sharp edge using my Shapton stones. I sent it out to get honed from Doc226 and the razor came back really sharp. I noticed it still wasn't as smooth as I wanted. I took out my Naniwa 12k stone and did 10 no pressure x strokes then 10 laps on my 20k Suehiro Gokumyo, 15 laps on my horsehide modular strop and wow was it smooth. I only strop in 7-10 times. Really holds an edge and hasn't changed in 2 months of use. Once it is sharpened correctly it stays sharp and smooth.