Thread: When to strop

I would think that as long as the razor will pass the hair test it would be ready too shave. So I guess if you want to strop your razor in advance, just give it the hair test right before you shave. Make any sense?

Glen

Originally Posted by sensei_kyle

I usually strop the night before. Sometimes I just strop all razors on the weekend and they deliver a great shave. I think the important issue is that they are stropped, not so much 2 minutes before/night before.

That is what I believe also because I did the same thing three weeks ago( I had nothing to do that afternoon) I also did not notice any difference.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Your right it does imply that, until you review what people said about the shave that occured. I'll search for the mentioning of it...yet as I said, I've never noticed any difference. Then again, I've had shaves where I actually forgot to strop at all and didn't notice a difference.

Interesting. I'm sure that some of this is due to all the variables involved. The hone job of the razor, stropping technique, beard type, etc...