Dovo faq being banded about again I see
I find it hard to understand how anyone can take as gospel the faq on dovos webby when they call 'stropping' "Wetting" and to then go on and say, and I quote: "There is no generally valid rule for the whetting (stropping) of straight razors; in many cases, it is sufficient to draw the razor lightly over the ball of the thumb"
They also imply that you only need to invest in a strop when this Thumb stropping [wetting ] fails to work. Do they not understand that they don't sell shave ready razors LOL, so you will need the strop ahead of thumbing your razor
Get this gem of a quote : Changing directions without turning the razor over makes the blade become round (crowned) so that the cutting properties are lost. In this case, only resharpening can help.

So to my mind, any one new to straight razor shaving should keep clear of this faq on Dovos site. It's not worth the thumb you'll loose after reading it or if the gods were on your side, the nice new TM strop you will slash up. I also feel that this faq can never support anyones arguments

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