Quote Originally Posted by AFDavis11 View Post
...If 3-5 light laps are perfect for maintaining an edge out for 6 months to a year, than I can see how 30-60 laps might both be too much for extended use beyond a month. ...
...or, the extras may be neutral? TheBigSpendur concluded from his experiment there was a point where more was neither better nor worse. Could be the same thing, just different points?

May seem like a big difference until you think of stropping as pulling across the strop in a consistent plane that works to align the edge with that plane. When the edge is aligned (parallel with the strop) theoretically, a consistent, flat pulling in that same plane will cease to do anything at some point. (Picture a razor "path" that travels parallel with and on the strop because that's it's intended path not because it's riding against the strop... Makes sense to me, ignore if not for you )

Inspired by this discussion, I tried a minimal stropping of 3 pass linen, 5 pass leather after this morning's shave. I tried HHT post shave/pre-stropping and compared to post stropping. Even that minimal stropping made a noticable difference. More anecdotal than scientific, but something I will continue to experiment with.

- Dale