Spine in contact at all times. Go slow until you get the timing down.
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Ok, it seems like the consensus is spine on strop at all times. I have been trying to practice in the air off of the strop, but the nicks are so tiny that I can't really tell if I am doing it correct until I get on the strop.
I think slow is the key for me here until I get the technique down.
Thanks for all of the support and info.
maybe UNDREAM could make a nice video of how to strop without turning the wrist and other things we could learn, because his video on restos was A++++.
FWIW my technique is to raise the edge of the razor up just before I have finished the stroke and with the edge up and spine down on the leather, reverse the direction of the stroke and then rotating the blade, easing the edge back onto the leather while the blade is in motion. So when the direction of the stroke changes, the edge is somewhere between the 3:00 and 9:00 positions.
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Not UNDREAM, But Bart
YouTube - Stropping a Straight Razor
hmmmmm????
http://straightrazorpalace.com/video...emo-video.html
You should upload your up to da tube. or is there and I did not notice.
Slow is important to start. Speed comes gradually as confidence builds.
Strangely I don't even think about deliberately turning the razor. It seems to just turn by itself. I watch the razor as I'm stropping, and am aware that the razor is turning at the end of each stroke, but I'm not trying to turn the razor. In fact if I did try, I'd probably slice the strop in two.