Thread: Too Much Stropping?

Howdy.

I've been reading old barbers' manuals, and they seem to agree that you only need to make six to twelve passes on the strop before shaving.

Dovo's FAQ (http://www.dovo.de/_english/e/index.html) says that you can go six to fifteen shaves between stroppings!

But people on this forum who seem to have a lot of experience favor thirty, forty, even sixty strokes.

My own experience with old razors has been that after honing they need a /lot/ of stropping to get to where you can shave with them; but now that I have a set that's good and sharp, I'm going to see what happens if I minimize the stropping.

What do the rest of y'all think?

Regards,

Jim Crutchfield
Long Island City, NY