Thread: Strops better than hones, TOP 10

Why I think learning to use a strop is more important than learning to use a hone:

10. You can get a dull razor to shave with good stropping, but you can't hone a razor smooth enough to be able to shave

9. You never hear anybody say "I over stropped again"

8. You can always put paste on a strop

7. You can send your razor out to be honed, but you can't send it out to be stropped

6. You don't have to soak a strop in order for it to work

5. You can't tie a hone up in the bathroom

4. You can't snap a hone and make the kids clean their room.

3. You can't get a cat to chase a dangling hone into a wall, but a strop does the job really well.

2. You can't dry your back with a hone, but the linen side of a strop finally has a use now.

1. A strop in the bedroom makes you look like a frisky stud, a hone in the bedroom makes you look like a woodworker.