Thread: Addicted to stropping?

I find that not only do I strop before my morning shave. But also the evening before I'll break out the strop and razors and have a go at them just to give them a little love and "work on the edge a bit..."

I find stropping to be quite enjoyable in itself. The feel of the cool steel in my hand, the sound of the razor swooshing along the leather, the tactile feedback of the draw. The satisfaction of HHT lopping off a couple of hairs on the back of my hand silently and smoothly...

Is it just me?

You're weird, but that's ok. I try to get through stropping as quickly as I can. I enjoy shaving, but I don't really get much out of having to strop, make lather, touch up the razor on occasion, etc. It's not a chore, but it's not really something I wish I could do more often in my spare time either

Maybe I am weird as well

I enjoy it quite a bit as well.

I enjoy shaving and also the little pleasures that go with it... like the smell of the shaving cream, the softness of the tips of the brush, the sounds of the razor against the linen side, the touch of the leather grain of the TM strop...

But as stroping in itself... it is hard to say... maybe because of my clumsiness, my heart bleeds every time I nick my strop... (actually still minor ones along the sides... maybe I'll have to buy another one soon... SAD)

Have to try honing btw, just received my stones this morning... maybe... the feeling of the blade against a coticule...

Originally Posted by Ockham

the feeling of the blade against a coticule...

...is wonderful...

...and almost as good as the feeling of the blade against an Escher...

...which is nearly as good as the feeling of the blade against a Nakayama...



(welcome to HAD )

Should we refer to that as "foreplay"

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

You're weird, but that's ok. I try to get through stropping as quickly as I can. I enjoy shaving, but I don't really get much out of having to strop, make lather, touch up the razor on occasion, etc. It's not a chore, but it's not really something I wish I could do more often in my spare time either

Maybe I am weird as well

Who are you and what have you done with Lee?!?

Originally Posted by Seraphim

I find that not only do I strop before my morning shave. But also the evening before I'll break out the strop and razors and have a go at them just to give them a little love and "work on the edge a bit..."

I find stropping to be quite enjoyable in itself. The feel of the cool steel in my hand, the sound of the razor swooshing along the leather, the tactile feedback of the draw. The satisfaction of HHT lopping off a couple of hairs on the back of my hand silently and smoothly...

Is it just me?

+1! I love it. I love shaving, lather making just as much.

Originally Posted by sicboater

Who are you and what have you done with Lee?!?

I gave him a good strapping early last June, and he has been using more accurate terminology since

Makes you feel like a barber doesn't it.

I think it's half the enjoyment.

I am sure there are some older gents out there that say there is no joy in a good stropping That handle would come round like the proverbial "catOninetails"

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