Thread: Stropping methods.

What progression were you using before? Maybe your shaves have been getting better because you are doing more passes on the leather than you were before and the type of leather does not even matter. FWIW I do about 50 passes on the leather (starting with a little pressure and ending with very light pressure), and if I am going to do a multiple pass shave I do 20 more passes on the leather between shaving passes. This makes the XTG and or ATG pass a little better I think. I have a rotation of 14 razors and have not really had to do a touch up on any of these since February; however, I don't get the opportunity to shave with "my" razors much because of all the razors that I hone to sell and hone for others. I am starting to wonder how Lynn is able to keep such a great collection of fine razors, yet he probably does not get to use them much with all the razors that he hones for others.

You know what.....before i didnt nearly do as many passes...also maybe the technique has improved.....i knew this wasnt an exact science...but know i know that you never really know....do you?

Originally Posted by sergiobruna

You know what.....before i didnt nearly do as many passes...also maybe the technique has improved.....i knew this wasnt an exact science...but know i know that you never really know....do you?

You are right, most of the time we don't really know for sure what caused the improvement because there are many variables and we cannot see exactly what is happening to the microscopic edge when we are doing something. A lot of times, all we can do is experiment, think about what is happening, and make the best educated guess that we can. Time will either confirm, or disaffirm our hypothesis. How does that Harley saying go...it's not the destination, it's the journey. I think that this goes very well with straight razor shaving, although the destination is great too lol. I guess that I get a little too philosophical when I am REALLY tired. Time to go to bed.