Thread: How Important Strop is?

I was thinking a lot before i start this thread.
This is what i think and rest of you please let it known your opinions.Welcome.

In my opinion "shave ready " Blade's edge is so thin by using hard strop's, too many laps on the strop (over 50-100 so on with speed) Uneven surface(has cuts etc) will damage the blade.
example if you do a lot laps on the strop with fast motion i think
You can great so much heat which will change the temper of the edge(because of so fine ,thin metal) as a result that edge will not last longer.
This is Why i do recommend when you buy strop Please pay attention to buy quality strop's.
(of course you can buy zeepk's strop for learning purposes)
Or if you buy vintage ones please make sure surface is flat ,smooth etc.
GL

I don't think you can "overstrop" if all mechanical variables stay equal during
the stropping (ie. same stroke everytime on same kind of undamaged surface).

50 to 100 laps on linen or leather won't produce enough heat to change the tempering of a razor's edge, as thin as it is. Temperatures for tempering steel are between 300F to 1200F, in the lower or higher ranges.

I think it's just very easy to not strop correctly and that's not due to the quality of the strop. I think if your strop (and technique) is smooth with no cuts, nicks, abrasive contamination, etc... you should get good results.

Why resist hundreds of years of history and experience ?

Originally Posted by Cutthroat_trout

Why resist hundreds of years of history and experience ?

this is just opinion not resistance?

Benjamin Franklin once said, "The older I get the less inclined I am to trust my own judgement". That being said, I think the hot water in your fawcet that you rinse your razor in ,will be hotter than you could ever get the strop. Mack

Originally Posted by hi_bud_gl

this is just opinion not resistance?

It sounds like you may have observed this happening to an edge, so you are forming a hypothesis to explain what you observed. Am I getting this right?

I think Edge is very thin that is why user can great enough heat while stropping and that heat will change temper of the edge. Of course effect of it will not know right away but after couple of weeks.
To test this someone has to have same blade sharpened with same person in similar sharpness
strop first blade 100 times before every shave
Next one only 30 times
and see which edge will last longer.