Thread: What is your favorite stropping regiment?

What is your favorite Stropping regiment? I have become particularly fond of 60 laps canvas, 30 cowhide, then 100 horse hide.

Probably 60 on leather period is all you need. On fabric 10-20 is good. More won't hurt it but I think you're exercising your arm.

Just my opinion.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Probably 60 on leather period is all you need. On fabric 10-20 is good. More won't hurt it but I think you're exercising your arm.

Just my opinion.

Well that is coming off of my C-nat and you need to tame the edge as it's more keen than smooth.

My stropping strategy could best be described as "the living heck out of..." on kangaroo. Also known as the "beejeebers". As in, strop the living beejeebers out of ... . Stop when the beejeebers are no longer present.

James.

I generally stick with 25 on poly-web and 50 on leather. Double that the first strop off the hones.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

My stropping strategy could best be described as "the living heck out of..." on kangaroo. Also known as the "beejeebers". As in, strop the living beejeebers out of ... . Stop when the beejeebers are no longer present.

James.

A man than knows what he's doing!

I was asked once how I could stand to do 200 strokes on a strop. Its easy, I replied. Start w/ 300 and relax a bit.

Off the stones, I'll typically do 100 linen, 100 latigo or Ill 361, then 100 on either SRDp1 or vintage shell. When I test more than one edge in a day, 1400 strokes for the day is common.

For daily, I'll do 60 linen, 100 latigo, 100 SRDp1 before shave. After, about 30/50/50. I don't need to touch-up very much at all.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

My stropping strategy could best be described as "the living heck out of..." on kangaroo. Also known as the "beejeebers". As in, strop the living beejeebers out of ... . Stop when the beejeebers are no longer present.

James.

As my grandfather always said, "The only good bejeeber is a stropped bejeeber!".

Originally Posted by Jimbo

My stropping strategy could best be described as "the living heck out of..." on kangaroo. Also known as the "beejeebers". As in, strop the living beejeebers out of ... . Stop when the beejeebers are no longer present.

James.

pretty much, I strop until the razor no longer has any draw on linen - once it feels like its removed all the stray fragments of steel at the edge - then 60 on leather

as mentioned above getting rid of the beejeebers

regards Alex

Interesting, I never noticed that you can feel the removal of the stray fragments on the linen. But I will in the future pay closer attention while doing so. My routine is nothing special. I have read what everyone else here said, and some point or another I have varied my routine; sometimes to my detriment, at other times, it seemed to make little difference. About the only change I've made as of late, is the removal of the pasted linen strop in my routine. Instead, I just do maybe b/w 5 & 10 passes on pasted leather, then maybe 20-30 on the linen. Then I aim for about 50 on my leather. Then I do another 50 before I shave with the razor for a total of 100 lashes.

I do 40 on the felt, 60 on leather,
THEN at mid/shave another 20/20
then after the shave another 20/20
seems fairly effective, for me at least.
tinkersd.