It amazes me how casually some people handle straight razors , the sharpest blade you will ever run into . I've never tried palm stropping , and never will . I have too much respect for the blade . My advice for those of you who want to try palm stropping , is to have ready some of that stuff that stops serious bleeding . That way , if things go bad you won't bleed too much on the way to the hospital , to get stitched back up .