Thread: Cumulative Stropping

I am a firm believer in progressive stropping, as my good friend Neil Miller (may God rest his soul!) was. Whenever I restore or hone a razor, regardless of grind or hone used, I will strop around 400 laps on around 10-15 different strops from heavy draw, to elegant draw to very slick draw. To me stropping smooths and mellows the edge...and everyone that I have honed or restored a razor for comments on the quality of the shave. Whenever I take a 'not often used' razor out of my "Big Box 'O' Blades" I will strop first on a leaded linen strop for about 25 easy laps and then around 100 laps on 3-4 different strops to 'refresh the edge.


I always recommend to folks that when it seems that a razor is starting to tug, to hit the strops for a couple of hundred laps before going to the hones. JUST my method and MHO...

This makes me an 'Over-Stropper' I guess...But it's what works for me!