Thread: Cumulative Stropping

I've never been one for stropping. Maybe... maybe... a dozen or so strokes before shaving, but really, stropping? Not that my honing is any great-shakes, but I got used to "tugging".

Cut to the present: Returning to straight-razor shaving after a three-year hiatus, I was confronted by adult-onset hand issues, unable to make more than 25-30 passes on my 3" Red Latigo strop. And then נפל האסימון (a "lightbulb" moment): I shave twice-a-week, and almost always select my razor several days ahead of time, so... why not make those 25-30 razor passes on each of three or four days prior to shaving?

In a word, it works... real well. Wonder why I never thought of that, before?