Thread: Fewer stropping laps

No, but for most folks he was probably right.

Think about this, look at your razor’s bevel with magnification 60-100x. See all the scratches in random patterns? Where did they come from?

At one time the edge was perfectly straight and the bevel uniformly polished with the stria all running in the same direction.

The only thing that touched your bevel and edge is you face, beard, toweling and strop. Which do you think scratched your bevel and edge?

So, if your strop is dirty, inferior quality and your technique is lacking, how is more, better?

Unfortunately, the only way to improve your stropping, is to strop. Try to make each lap a perfect lap on a clean strop. 10-20 laps are probably more than enough for most to maintain an edge.

Find your sweet spot, as your stropping improves you will find you need less. A new stropper doing 100-200 laps is probably doing more harm than good.

Stropping is way underrated. Proper stropping can keep you shaving for a long, long time.