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03-09-2011, 07:33 PM #1
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Thanked: 1I see some guys strop up 100 strokes and others 20-25, does it really make a razor more shave ready with higher number of strokes ?
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03-09-2011, 07:52 PM #2
Debate about that too. I've gone back and forth with more and with less. For a long time I did 50 and 50 linen/leather. Than I began doing 30 and 30. I know guys who do less whose opinion I respect but here again it is a matter of experimentation for each individual. Stick with a number for awhile and if you think you need more or less try that for awhile. Just IMHO.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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03-09-2011, 07:58 PM #3
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Thanked: 213I have always liked the results from using both. I have done less on the cloth maybe 10-15 then thrity on the leather. YMMV but that has always done me well.
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03-09-2011, 08:00 PM #4
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Thanked: 1Thanks for timely response to my questions Jimmy, the hardest part I find is when flipping the razor on the return stroke.
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03-09-2011, 08:12 PM #5
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03-09-2011, 09:15 PM #6
In that PDF I linked to in the post above (honing & stropping) they recommend practicing the flip on the strop without the back and forth stropping motion. When you get the flip down pat start the up and down. Maybe you are beyond that now but than again it might do some good to practice that. My first strops were nicked up on the edge closest to my pulling hand and my body. I rarely miscue now so it does get better.
Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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03-09-2011, 10:03 PM #7
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Thanked: 993For what it's worth, I like 30 or so on cloth and 60 on leather. I haven't found a huge improvement going higher, but I have noticed that my cheeks don't like it if I'm on the low end of stropping.
Plus, I really like the feedback on my Premium I, so I strop often.
I've learned that stropping has to be an "awake" activity, which is why I tend to strop at night before bed. When I was stropping in the morning, I'd get the occasional knick.
Have you checked out AFDavis11's stropping video? His camera perspectives really show what your fingers should be doing. It's an excellent video.
**The video is the first "sticky" in this forum.Last edited by Maxi; 03-09-2011 at 10:04 PM. Reason: addition
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03-09-2011, 10:55 PM #8
Quantifying stropping in terms of laps can be difficult because of differences in technique and differences among strops.
I'm presently using 30 laps on linen and then at least 60 laps on Premium I leather on my paddle strop. The paddle strop is a good strop for beginners to start with, but my experience has been that it requires more laps. The linen seems to bring the edge into sharpness quicker than leather, but the leather then goes on to refine that edge nicely.
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03-10-2011, 02:19 PM #9