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  1. 02-03-2011, 01:14 PM #1
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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    What next ? 10 on the palm of your hand & no leather stropping ?

    I think it was JimmyHAD posted some instructions from Boker where they recommend 5 or 6 strokes to strop a new razor.
    Heel of the foot has much better draw! lol
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    Quote Originally Posted by Disburden View Post
    Heel of the foot has much better draw! lol
    Geez no ,mine's like 80 grit
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    I do linen and leather, 50/100 but I don't strop in razors until the next day...

    My normal routine is get home from work , dinner, TV and spend time with wifey then Hone for 1-2 hours before bed.. get up in the morning and strop them in...

    Does letting the razor rest after honing help????

    Who the heck knows, but it is a routine, and I think that is most important to have a set way of doing things, so now if I decide to try only leather I can tell if there is a change good or bad instanly...

    How many times must I explain that a little OCD is not a bad thing with this hobby

    And all Chronics must be honed on Magical Coticules and stropped on the thighs of vestal virgins on a full moon
    Heels of feet HA !!! peasants
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    I have recently been shaving just off my stones...that didn't come out right.

    Anways, I've been playing around with finishing my different razors so much that I don't even have any razors that are shave ready but not fresh off the hones. Works totally fine. Once I get a better sense of the hones, I'll start adding strops to see what happens
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    So many ways to get to that edge! Being a pasted strop guy I'm leaving this alone. BUT ...what was that saying about skinning a cat? It was around in 1961 as I recall.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bladerunner View Post
    So many ways to get to that edge! Being a pasted strop guy I'm leaving this alone. BUT ...what was that saying about skinning a cat? It was around in 1961 as I recall.
    Excuse me !
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    OH OH.....MY BAD!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
    Excuse me !


    I am just not even going to say it But I am thinking it
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