Thread: How many still nicks their strop?

So I was thinking, just how many of us still occasionally nick/slice their strop? come on don't be shy now!

I voted yes, But then I'm a newbe so I guess I'm forgiven...I hope
But I'am also improving

I knicked my strop consistently for the first week, and by the end of month one, I had the pattern down so that I don't nick my strop any longer...which is not to say that I'm not careful anymore - the threat of nicking the strop is omnipresent, and when you go to a 3' Tony Miller Latigo strop, you ALWAYS pay attention!

Good luck, and keep at it!

Mark

Originally Posted by Milton Man

I knicked my strop consistently for the first week, and by the end of month one, I had the pattern down so that I don't nick my strop any longer...which is not to say that I'm not careful anymore - the threat of nicking the strop is omnipresent, and when you go to a 3' Tony Miller Latigo strop, you ALWAYS pay attention!

Good luck, and keep at it!

Mark

Thats the problem, I have an 3" Tony Miller strop! luckily I have not taken any large chunks out of it but I'd say I may have grazed it

Regards Mark

You know what? I just stropped and thought "hey this is going really well" and when I was just about to finish..my strop got the worst nick so far

"Just as I thought I was out, they pulled me back in"

I was bold enough to answer "Never" since I haven't nicked a strop in probably six months or more of daily shaving, but I probably should have changed it to occasionally since no one can predict the future. My technique at this point is such that it makes for the potential of nicking a strop difficult to do.

The barbers knew what they were doing. I recommend to anyone to read the excerpts from the barbers manual on stropping to glean valuable info.

I just listed a handmade strop in the classifieds and will be listing two more tonight. I created a "down and dirty" 15 minute stropping video to go along with them which arms the beginner with a visual example of a proper technique to avoid the pitfalls of reinventing the wheel when stropping for the first few times until it becomes second nature.

Chris L

It happens every now and then. (after more than a year) Like we all do, I turn the razor over the spine at the end of the stroke. Sometimes it happens that my turning is completed before the stroke direction is reversed. That millisecond of timing discrepancy is enough for the razor to catch into the leather surface of the strop with a small superficial nick as a result. I have a distinct feeling that the sharper the razor, the more prone this is to happen.

Maybe it's time to device yet another test: the SNT (Strop Nicking Test).

chris you better avoid your good strops now that you said that, lol i am careful not to nick my strops i havent got my new one yet, but when you are tired and in a hurry it happens sometimes, my technique has gotten a lot better

It occasionally happens to me/

For the sake of efficiency, I cut my first Dovo into tiny little pieces in order to get rid of all the potential nicking power in my razors. As expected, this has worked. My Old Traditional is completely devoid of nicks.