New Stropping Revalation

[Brad]

I realized today, that if I put the weight of the razor on the edge of the spine while stropping on my 3" Tony Miller Red Latigo, contact with the edge is enhanced and my 8/8 Friodur actually "sings" while I strop. I have not run into this before. The resulting shave was one of the best I have ever had. Nearly BBS in two passes.

I am thinking of adopting this practice all the time, but want to make sure that this is not a bad idea for any reason. This seems to provide even contact without putting too much pressure on the edge.

Can anyone else give me feedback good or bad on this before it becomes a habit?

[dylandog]

Can you explain what you mean a little more, maybe by contrast with what you were doing before? Is it just that now you're using a bit of pressure, whereas you used not to before?

Sorry if I'm being thick, I'm just not sure what "put the weight of the razor on the edge of the spine" means. Where was the weight before?

[honedright]

I've been recommending this practice for a long time...

Scott

[Brad]

Can you explain what you mean a little more, maybe by contrast with what you were doing before? Is it just that now you're using a bit of pressure, whereas you used not to before?

Sorry if I'm being thick, I'm just not sure what "put the weight of the razor on the edge of the spine" means. Where was the weight before?

Before I was trying to keep as light a touch as possible, under the understanding that just like in honing, this gives the sharpest edge ( may need to refine this for honing as well). I was trying to have almost no weight anywhere. I think in doing this the contact was not as complete across the blade as it should have been.

Today I applied jsut enough pressure to deflect the strop slightly, but focused on applying any force right at the edge of the spine

[dylandog]

Before I was trying to keep as light a touch as possible, under the understanding that just like in honing, this gives the sharpest edge ( may need to refine this for honing as well). I was trying to have almost no weight anywhere. I think in doing this the contact was not as complete across the blade as it should have been.

Today I applied jsut enough pressure to deflect the strop slightly, but focused on applying any force right at the edge of the spine

I get it now.

That is an excellent approach. I do this too, and in fact I learned it from honedright way back when.

[Brad]

Thanks guys. I'll keep this process in. Glad I stumbled on this and it is a good thing rather than a bad habit.

[smythe]

Sounds like the way i strop... only as much pressure to keep the spine firmly on the strop.

[jwoods]

this would be a good sticky