Thread: Pasted Strops "The Experiment"

I am 99% sure this has probably been done in the past, but with all the questions about pasting in the last 2 weeks it occurred to me that it hasn't been done recently...and we have new equipment and pastes out there...

There have been some statements that have been bugging me when the topic of pasted strops comes up...

First one usually accompanied by graphics, states the the edge will become rounded until it can no longer take and edge or the "Convex theory"...

Theory number 2 "the Failing Edge" this is the other thing that people tend to say when they answer pasted strop questions "the edge will become thin weak and eventually fail due to "overhoning"...

Now I don't know about you, but honestly both of these things can't be true according to me...

So on Tuesday Sept 1st 2009 I started my own experiment..

The Razor: Kamisori 306 Paladin why you might ask??? easy it doesn't have a great rep and I am hoping not to still be doing this next year.. How fast it fails will tell me much...

The Everyday Strop: SRD Premium 1 25 laps on the webbing and 50 laps on the leather before every shave... Why you ask??? Because that is just my everyday routine..

The Pasted Strop: SRD Felt Hanging strop, one side with .50 Diamond spray and the other with .25 Diamond spray... The razor will get 15 laps on the .50 and 20 on the .25 every Sunday. Why you ask??? This was the newest type of pasted strop out and some of the newer types of pastes I could think of...
I also was thinking that the number of laps was pretty high, so as to cause a failure of some type faster...

The razor was honed using the Shapton System on Aug 30th and I started shaving with it on Sept 1st...

I will post here each Tuesday with the amount of shaves each week, this varies because I have to test shave Restores and Honed razors too, unless I have 8 in one day the Kamisori will at least get in on the action...
I will have to estimate how many shaves for the week...
Also keep in mind even when I say full shaves I still shave around my beard, some of you might tend to think that is easier on the razor but honestly I tend to disagree because of the terrible angles we have to use, I think more than make up for less cutting

Week one: nice smooth shaves I would count 4 shaves