Thread: Newbie Stropping Vid

Pressure and tautness look good.

Hold the razor from the corners of the tang, so that the corners are in the middle of the thumb and the opposite corner on the first finger.

Then flip the razor, by moving the thumb, like flipping a switch and not moving the whole hand. The wrist stays stationary and you prevent slamming the razor edge, into the strop, damaging the razor or the edge.

The real edge of a razor, the part we don’t see, is very fragile.

You might slow down a little and stop for a fraction, then flip.

You also might try looping a shoe lace, or piece of para cord, (20 inches) on the loop and around the doorknob, to put the strop at waist height and a more even pressure stroke. Strop with the door open.