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12-10-2008, 01:53 AM #11
Know what you mean. Ppl try to use the whole strop and then in order to avoid hitting all the hardware etc at the end they end up with 'hesitation cuts'. Flipping the spine sooner & using a shorter stroke makes all the difference.
So it's like there's no real stop just a change in direction.
A slightly loose strop also prevents upward recoil of the leather but that's not a popular technique here.“The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”
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12-10-2008, 04:17 AM #12
I'd recommend just slowing down a little....haste makes waste.
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12-10-2008, 01:14 PM #13
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12-11-2008, 11:28 PM #14
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Thanked: 124Yes. This is what I'm doing. I have to go much slower & be much more careful. For me, though, although the linen is indeed a more aggressive burnisher than leather, it doesn't amount to much because my beard inflicts so much destruction that I have to touch it up pretty frequently anyway. So I may ditch the linen just for the sake of eliminating one more piece of paraphernalia. Or I may not. I haven't decided.
Edit: for the record, I do not lift the spine when I strop. I realize my initial post gives the impression that I do lift the spine. I worded it badly. Instead of "failing to lift the razor completely off the linen," I should have said "failing to roll the edge completely off the linen." My mistake.Last edited by Johnny J; 12-11-2008 at 11:31 PM.