Thread: Newbie Stropping Vid

Tha ks for the replies. Im working on the flipping/holding by the edges. I was going away from me with thumb and finger on corners of the tang but when coming toward me i had a finger on the side of tang and i can see this would give more dawnward pressure. So im trying to learn how to keep fingers on the corners of the tang. I have also lowered the attachment point on the wall. Went with door knob heigth. Also mounted it with a toggle bolt enstead of a cup hook in the drywall. I could see the cup hook wasnt going to last long in the drywall.

Thanks for the comments. I do feel better about my stropping now. Knowing im going about it the right way is a good thing. Now if i can get my honing skills figured out. As i said before and will keep saying, its just sharpening steel. And what i now know, Just very very fine sharpening. A lot harder than it looks to be but i'll get it. I dont give up easy!

These vids show it perfectly. Good luck with getting the flip.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...ing-video.html

I seen that vid. And i notice his thumb on the towards him stroke is on top or on the side of the tang and that could cause downward pressure. Didnt think this was a good thing.

Nice video, nice even pace. Good work

If you lower your wrist, so it is more in line with the razor, you will not have the pressure problem.

Try to use, just enough pressure to keep the razor flat, on the strop.

In the video, the stropping looks a bit awkward, because he is holding a paddle strop in midair.

It would probably look more relaxed with a hanging strop or the paddle on a flat surface.

With this technique, the only thing moving, at the flip, is the thumb. The concern is the pressure at the flip, slamming on the strop. You can control the torque on the razor with the thumb.

There goes another llama. Hard to go wrong with good leather like Kanayama's.. Looks great.

Only thing I'd suggest is to hold onto both the leather and the cloth strops together, which can help reduce sagging.