possible new strop learning technique, maybe?

**hi_bud_gl** · 04-07-2011, 05:09 PM

Originally Posted by BigJim

Okay, Now I'm interested and possibly a bit confused (no shock there).

Watching AFDavis11's stropping vid for the umpteenth time, he uses his ring and pinky fingers to support the razor while stropping.

HNSB, Nun2, Ace; Do you guys NOT use those fingers? How do you hold the blade for stropping? I'm in this weird limbo-land of "Am I doing this right? I don't know. I could be. Or I could be doing it wrong." when it comes to stropping. I know I'm not applying too much pressure, but I don't know if I'm applying enough. Attempting to apply enough will probably result in applying too much. So I'm trying to sort all of this out.

Thanks for your replies.

Peace,

This is my video check it out it may help .

YouTube - straight razor stropping

**BigJim** · 04-07-2011, 06:16 PM

Hi Bud,
Thanks for the vid post. I don't think it was your vid I saw earlier, but once seeing this I remembered a vid (may have been one of Davis' or some one else) explaining that grip. It made more sense to me now.

One thing I noticed that helped me, was you had the strop pulled flat (taut, but just enough for the strop not to sag), and when you stropped there was enough pressure to push the strop down only about an inch. That's far more than what I've been doing.

Thanks,

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