For those of you who are either new or don't remember, a few months ago I ran a little experiment whose aim was to determine if additional stropping really made a difference.

I used three TI razors all 6/8 models. I used two SRP edition razors, #s 38 and 39 and a wolf and sheep brand TI. SRP 38 was stropped 30x before shaving and 30x after shaving. SRP 39 was stropped 30x before shaving and the third TI was stropped 60x before shaving. All three were given 6 passes on linen before shaving and initially I used a Double Duck Horsehide stropp but switched mid way to Tony Miller's #1 Stropp.

The result seemed to point to the fact that more stropping is better since SRP 39 dropped out pretty early and the other two were pretty much neck and neck though towards the end the third TI seemed to very marginally surpass SRP 38 though I have some reservations that the third TI might be a better quality razor than the SRPs though I'm really not sure.

So this brings us to phase two of this little experiment. In this phase I'll reverse the stropping so SRP 39 will get the 30x before and after treatment and SRP 38 will be stropped 60x before and the third TI will get 30x before only. If you guys think I should reverse 38 and the third TI feel free to sound off.

The other razor treatment will be the same, 6 passes on linen before only and Tony Miller's #1 stropp for the leather. Since I shave every day I'll keep rotating the three razors until there is a noticeable deterioration in the shave quality as I did the last time.

I'll probably start this thing monday morning once I get all three razors equally honed up. I anticipate a few trips on the yellow coticule and a few more on the 12000 Kitayama should do it.

Once I start I'll post updates on this thread. Any questions, suggestions or comments are welcome.