Thread: Stropping after shaving ... or not ? ... But why ?

Oil?! Dohhhh. I should probably be oiling my razors!

After shaving, I wipe on a towel to clean and dry the blade, then strop on the linen side.

Before the shave, I strop on the leather side.

So as not to lose track of what I've done, I have a system:
Razor is put away in it's leather pouch, top facing left if I haven't linen stropped it, facing right once I have.

Once the leather side stropping is done, and it's ready, I close the flap of the pouch (top still facing right, ready to unsheath with my right hand).

Hopefully this is a system that'll keep working even as my memory fails. But if I ever find the razor in it's sheath, flap closed, but facing left???? I'll consult the form.

;-)

strop 60/60 linen leather before and 20/20 after shaving, leave them sitting in my hot water boiler cupboard for an hour and store in its original box without oil. The boxes seem to be quite good at preventing rust and corrosion, I've came back 3 months later and an unused edge is still good to go out the box