Thread: Stropping After Shaving

Ideally it should continue until one razor requires honing while hopefully the other doesn't. But we'll see how it plays out. The main factor now is to have both razors equally sharp to begin with. Theoretically, at the outset they could give equally good shaves yet one could still be sharper than the other. I guess I'll have to drag out the stereo microscope for this one!

question regarding the experiment - Are you saying that the blade being stropped after shaving should be re-stropped just prior to shaving or are you giving it a rest after stropping?

I have two brand new in box TI 7/8 that I would be willing to do this with. I would prefer it if one of the more experienced guys prepare the edges for me. They seem quite sharp out of the box btw, but I have not shaved with them.

Larry

No experimenting for me and no stropping after I shave either. I guess I'll be in the minority but I don't strop after shaving because I don't want stuff coming off the razor and onto the strop. And I'm lazy. I have stropped on the linen side to clean off the blade though. Not saying I know whats right, just saying what I do (or in this case don't do). All my post shave activity is focused on cleaning the razor...and I only have one strop. I do wonder occasionally, you guys that do strop after a shave...does that aligned blade stay aligned indefinetly? The benefit of stropping after a shave though for me would be having the razor stropped incase I want to shave with it again quickly. Why I dunno, just sometimes I want to pick up a razor and I start to shave with it, like I missed a spot or to do the back of my neck and then I think...woops forgot to strop. I can't imagine it would really matter either way. And if thats the case than I'm guessing you guys do some extra stropping. Gosh talk about lazy huh? I think I"m getting old....

"question regarding the experiment - Are you saying that the blade being stropped after shaving should be re-stropped just prior to shaving or are you giving it a rest after stropping?"

I will be alternating just two razors and using just these two razors for the duration of the experiment so each razor will get a one day rest between use of course if people here think they should have more of a rest I can give each an extra day or two between use. One will only be stropped before shaving and the other before shaving and after shaving.

Originally Posted by Korndog

I have two brand new in box TI 7/8 that I would be willing to do this with. I would prefer it if one of the more experienced guys prepare the edges for me. They seem quite sharp out of the box btw, but I have not shaved with them.
Larry

Give them the hanging hair test and if they pass on freshly washed hair, I'd say you're good to go. If they do pass, then chances are they're not only shave ready, but as similar in sharpness as possible having just come off the line. If they don't pass that test then, yes get them toned up. I'd recommend keeping in close touch with bigspender throughout the experiment if you have questions and remember, as a new shaver (like me) you'll be prone to a wider variance in stropping so try extra dilligently to be EXACTLY the same with each blade ... except of course for the extra stropping after shaving with the one of course.

Hey, how will you tell them apart? I'm assuming they don't have serial numbers on them.

So that's two guys doing TI's. Who's got same or similar Dovo's and wants to weigh in?

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