Thread: Stropping Speed Experiment

Alexander,

Although your right, I; as I mentioned in the previous thread, stropped slowly when I was a newbie about 4-5 years ago and seem to have received a decent edge (or so I remember). Again though, I used a paddle strop. As I mention in my thesis I expected a slight improvement with a fast stropping action, not a dramatic reduction in the quality of the edge with the slow stropped razor.

The reduction is so dramatic that I have concerns, control wise, because unlike Jimbo I decided to hone the razor prior to the experiment.

I will likely try and bring myself up for atleast one more shave, irritation and all, then will strop this blade up fast to see if there is an improvement, then re-hone and try again.

Thankfully, Jimbo, is also attempting this experiment and I have a control point against myself, otherwise to be honest I would have stopped the experiment already, assuming I must have done something wrong somewhere.

But your right, with a fresh honing, the stropping doesn't seem to be having any effect at all.

In fairness to your second comment I have to admit, atleast before I started this experiment, that I did not give much credence to the heat issue.