Thread: Stropping Habit

Ladies and gentlemen:

I was stropping my razor this morning when it occurred to me that I use the full length of the hanging strop rather than a portion of it. Starting close to the hardware, I strop south to north and then down: that is from the belly away and then down.

I figure that extra inch or two of the strop gives me the full advantage of my strop overall.

I have seen videos where gentlemen use only part of the strop: some mostly the middle, some more of one end than the other.

Of course, no set rule requires one use a specific length of the hanging strop. Nor is one on the books about which end of the strop should be the start. What gentlemen prefer is what matters.

This raised my curiosity about your stropping habit: do you habitually use the full length of the strop or just a part of it. I know when placed next to all the major issues flooding the world these days, this little pimple of a question does not amount to much. I was just curious.

Regards,
Obie