Since the purpose of this test is to discover the best method for stropping a razor, or the longer shaving one, the stroping passes number should remain as is for both methods. For example, when I strop before/after shaving the total passes are 40, but when I strop before only, I dont compensate with 20+ passes. That's real life use of the razor, so this test should reflect that. We are not trying to discover just the sharpest razor at the end of the test, but the best strop method affecting the razor sharpnes.

So, keep your stropping routine before/after total=60, and before only - 30 passes


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