Thread: Strop tension

I have found little need to visit the stones.
Jerry Sell was a fixture on this forum until passing away in June 2016. He loved coming over to my house to have a honing session. None of my razors needed it, but it was a fun session.
Well I maintained my razors for 18 months after his departure with just with strops and pastes. At the 18 month point I had 3 out of 13 that needed a few passes on the 12,000 grit.
The point is, a razor can be kept in fine shape with strops.

Originally Posted by Neckbone

I have found little need to visit the stones.
Jerry Sell was a fixture on this forum until passing away in June 2016. He loved coming over to my house to have a honing session. None of my razors needed it, but it was a fun session.
Well I maintained my razors for 18 months after his departure with just with strops and pastes. At the 18 month point I had 3 out of 13 that needed a few passes on the 12,000 grit.
The point is, a razor can be kept in fine shape with strops.

Jerry was a great guy, and although we never met in person, we would talk a lot online and share razors back and forth for honing tests.

Thanks for sharing.

That was nice to hear.
Jerry and I spent many hours at my honing bench.
I was not a good student, but he kept after me.
I can still hear him saying "light touch, just the weight of the razor".
He must have thought I was dense.
We miss him.

I hang my strops about 12" above my head on the wall. The strop will hang down and all you need is minor tension, gravity does the rest.