Thread: Newbie Stropping Vid

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.