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  1. 05-05-2008, 01:14 AM #4
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    Two reasons for X patten stropping.
    1. The strop is too narrow to encompass the length of the blade.
    2. The surface of the strop is not uniformly flat, so an X pattern insures all parts of the blade edge touch the surface during some part of each stroke.

    Look closely at the direction arrows in the stropping diagram shown in the old barber's guide shown in this link:
    http://straightrazorpalace.com/showthread.php?t=20838
    Last edited by matt321; 05-05-2008 at 01:20 AM.
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