Do I really need a strop?
I've been straight shaving, off and on, for 25+ years. In the early 80s there weren't cool forums like this one and you could pull up a plethora of shaving info from the internet. Everybody I knew, even older relatives, were post safety razor. I had to develop my own sharpening and shaving techniques* through masochistic persistence.
My razors pass the HHT(I thought I invented that:mad:) and I only suffer nicks and burns when I'm not paying attention.
So the question is: Would paying 40 or 50 bucks for a good quality leather strop significantly improve my shaving experience?
I use 2000 grit sandpaper to hone and various grades of jewelers rouge on 150 lb cardstock to polish the edge and I strop on the cardstock.