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Help in lieu of a strop
Help please. I've got a strop and a paddle strop coming from Tony but it's still somewhere in orbit.
I've used all of my shave ready razors once without stropping but now need to do something quickly.
If I use a belt, how smooth does it have to be, I guess quite smooth ?.
Help suggestions wfor using something I have already at home.
Gary
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Gary,
Smooth is a relative term, but no stitching is allowed. In fact, take a pair of denim jeans, stretch them taught, and use them! Otherwise, relax and wait on the strops. The worst thing you can do is rush things.
RT
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Stropping is definitely preferred, but you oughta be able to get more than one decent shave out of one without it.
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Gary,
I just went through this after my strop was stolen from my hotel room from one of the cleaning staff (dont even get me started :rant: ) At any rate, I just used a regular belt I wear with jeans. Not super smooth like a dress belt, but not a weird texture either. While it probably didnt work as well as a good strop (especially not one of Tony's) it did work pretty damn well, and I got some good shaves out of it.