Thread: Can you damage your edge by stropping?

Stropping incorrectly can dull a razor very quickly. I think this is the biggest issue new guys have when they get their razors. I had a problem with this for months and I thought all my razors can dull even though they were honed by experienced members. They didn't come dull, I dulled them with stropping wrong. Watch Hi-Bud-gl's (Sham's) video on stropping, it's dead on on how to strop correctly.

good thread,,

Kirk

Thank you for all your great answers. I have the same problem after a year of shaving with straight razors and now this thread is giving me hope.

J-P

Just curious but to save some time searching, could someone link Shams Video on stropping?

Also, Does anyone know how to fix a strop if you've made a slight cut in it? Pretty mucha newb mistake that I'm not sure how to adjust for. The cut didn't go all the way through, it just skimmed a tiny bit of leather towards one end of the strop.

Originally Posted by thorxes

Just curious but to save some time searching, could someone link Shams Video on stropping?

Also, Does anyone know how to fix a strop if you've made a slight cut in it? Pretty mucha newb mistake that I'm not sure how to adjust for. The cut didn't go all the way through, it just skimmed a tiny bit of leather towards one end of the strop.

Here you go:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/video...stropping.html

As for the nicked strop, check the wiki as there is some strop repair info there.

First, I would like to thank all for this thread.

Something just dawned on me.

When I started to feel my stropping was getting better was when I moved the anchor point of my strop to waist height. This felt more natural and was better suited to the flip of the razor.

I just watched that wonderful video and realized that I was stropping exactly the way he showed that was awkward until I moved the anchor point.

I wish I would have found this when I started.