Thread: critique my stropping

Like I said, Sham, I don't believe there is only one "right" way to do things. I think both are excellent examples of how to strop. First, you said Bart was doing it "wrong" because his thumb wasn't on top of the razor. Then you said he was doing it "wrong" because there is a little bit of motion in his wrist. I'm pretty fond of the video because it's just about how I do it (except without the wrist action). FWIW, I think the difficult angle of filming the video accounts for the wrist motion because he's stropping almost directly out in front of his body to show the path of the razor. Bart is one of the main people that I remember emphasizing the importance of limiting wrist motion, so that makes sense to me.

The "right" way to do things with straight razors is really subjective, and shouldn't be pushed on other people, IMHO. Again, there's nothing really "wrong" with Bart's video.

Also, in the video you posted, there's a little wrist action there too...