Thread: Stropping : Carbon Steel Vs Stainless Steel

Hi Guys,
need some advice about something i think i may have done.

basically i have two razors an Invisible Edge "Classic" razor that is a carbon steel blade and one that was donated to me by a member on here thats a Stainless Steel blade.

i strop the pair of them with the same technique, pattern and amount of strokes. yet i noticed the other day the IE blade was really blunt (i spoke to Steve from IE and he's kindly taken the razor to have a look at for me).
The stainless steel blade is still as sharp now as it was when given to me.

Im concerned its me and when i get it back i may stuff the blade up with a bad strop technique again.

so my question is this: Is there a different way to strop carbon steel compared to stainless?

Absolutely no difference. You strop them the same. If the stainless blade was not sharp after stropping you rounded the edge.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Absolutely no difference. You strop them the same. If the stainless blade was not sharp after stropping you rounded the edge.

Hi thanks for the reply, its not the stainless blade im having problems with it was the carbon steel blade that went blunt the stainless one is still as sharp now as when i was given it.

Could be a little too much pressure applied.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

Could be a little too much pressure applied.

well i thought this as well tbh i thought it might be me applying too much pressure which is why i wanted to check there was no diff in stropping carbon vs stainless.