Thread: Stropping after honing!!

One THOUSAND newsprint? Or 100? @ 1000 I'd get out the Shapton 16k and do 10 laps, then strop as normal (30/70), then strop again (30/70) pre shave. For me, that would be easier...

No honmiester, but after honing and 16 k I strop with flitx on linen and then move up through the pastes all the way to a clean strop...Not sure if it works, but it makes me happyl

I can't claim any major honing experience which is maybe why I also do a lot more stropping on a newly honed blade than I use in my normal shaving routine (about 50 passes).

I finish hone on a Thuringian then (using a Dovo strop) give it 50 passes on the linen followed by about 100 passes on clean leather.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

One THOUSAND newsprint? Or 100? @ 1000 I'd get out the Shapton 16k and do 10 laps, then strop as normal (30/70), then strop again (30/70) pre shave. For me, that would be easier...

Sorry i editted my post its 100 on newsprint..........

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Will try anything,just what is newsprint supposed to do?

I have read somewhere that the carbon black (one of the ingredients in the news ink) is partly responsible for a similar affect that you get in chromium oxide. Of course I have no idea if this is actually true though. Ken

Thats my understanding that the ink act as a paste, like on a pasted strop, so far my experienced with it been good,
definately gives a smoothness to the edge i have yet to look under the loupe, next time one of my razors needs a touch up
i will do that for sure, see if there a change in the look of the edge, time will tell.......

Stropping after honing depends on the hones you used and how high you went on fineness. If I go 1k, norton 4/8, coticule, jnat, Escher I will only make about 30 laps on leather because the edge is so fine. If I went 8k to coticule then I would make 60linen/60leather. It really depends on how fine you're finishing is.

I finally tried shaving right off my Oozuku today after a touchup--not stropping at all. Smooth, sharp & very little difference compared to stropping!

Originally Posted by Wintchase

No honmiester, but after honing and 16 k I strop with flitx on linen and then move up through the pastes all the way to a clean strop...Not sure if it works, but it makes me happyl

And that is all that matters!

Stropping is king, honing is queen! Normally my razors don't require as much stropping between shaves as they do right after honing, especially after a progression honing from a bevel set