Quote Originally Posted by Razorfaust View Post
My posts intention was to support the act of stropping, a tried and true method of daily maintaining an edge, its efficacy is well established since the dawn of razors. This not about whats better honing or stropping obviously the best answer is use both not one or the other. You can shave straight off a stone if that's what you like.
Fair enough. I said earlier in the thread that I'm prone to agree that honing and stropping together makes for a better, more comfortable shave.

But I also said that I can't disagree with Mr. Schechter's (apologies for spelling, I'm sure I butchered that) findings. I don't have a Shapton 30k, I don't have his coticule or one like it to do regular touch ups with. And I don't have access to these photos he says he saw at Shapton HQ with regard to stropping.

Without the ability to fully and properly test his method, or even assess the pictures, all I can offer is conjecture. I think if someone enjoys the way a feather blade shaves fresh from the pack then maybe this method could be for them. I see no reason it wouldn't work, but I DO think it would be noticeably less comfortable a shave - particularly for those of us with more sensitive faces. Sounds like a recipe for a lot of prickly shaves and razor burn, which is the opposite of what I started shaving with a straight for.

But if this is actually how he preps and cares for his own razors I can only imagine that it works for him.