Hey, I'm new around here and I've got a question about strop dressing. I got some Fromm strop dressing off classicshaving.com (links at bottom) and one part of its use puzzles me. When I first used it, I had had and used my strop for several months and figured it was about time (although I don't really know what to look for in a strop that indicates it is time to use strop dressing). When I used it, it actually felt like I made it dryer than it was when I started. When I stropped, the razor made a really raspy sound, almost like metal on metal. Since then I've had a series of not so good shaves and I'm wondering where I went wrong with it. The instructions say to "repeat" but it doesn't specify a number of iterations. So far I've done it twice and I'm wondering:
1. If the sound it was making is a bad one (I think so)
2. What to do about it to get my strop back in order
Thanks =0).
The dressing I bought:
http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...944/196060.htm
The strop I own:
http://www.classicshaving.com/catalo...944/196032.htm