Thread: Please review my stropping (I even made a video)

I think I will lower it tomorrow. Thank you all for your help.

I lowered it tonight. I hanged it on the door knob. I find it's easier to control the pressure this way.
You guys are really helpful.
Thank you.

When a new guy comes to my home I ask them to demonstrate their stropping for me. Every one of them strops to fast and most are to light on the stroke. I see that your pressure is about right but I would ask that you slow down your stroke a lot and really "feel" the contact and distribution of pressure.

Hope this helps,

Hello CoffeeAddict:

I agree with many of these gentlemen. The one thing I would add is what my friend Mainaman advises: lower the strop's position. I keep mine at about waist level.

Regards,

Obie

It looks pretty good to me..!

The main thing is you're getting results you like, as Dylan says. The way I strop differs to the way you strop, and your way will differ again to the next person, but if you have a great shaving edge afterwards then you did it right and thats all that matters.

Originally Posted by Stubear

It looks pretty good to me..!

The main thing is you're getting results you like, as Dylan says. The way I strop differs to the way you strop, and your way will differ again to the next person, but if you have a great shaving edge afterwards then you did it right and thats all that matters.

That's exactly what I have been thinking. I've seen many guys stropping in a very different way to what it's recommended.
Just look at how loose the barber is holding the strop



And also look at this other one at Taylor of Old Bond Street (in 1:16)


By the way, I put my strop hanging on the wall again. Having hung it on the door knob caused me to nick it twice again. I find much easier to see what I'm doing by hanging it on the wall.