Thread: Seeking guidance from afar

Hey

I have a favor to ask of anyone willing to help. I just received a few razors which were shave ready and I shaved with them for about 5 days and they were fantastic!
However, the blade (IMO) dulled over the course of these 5 days and the only thing I can think of is that I am dulling the edge with an improper stropping technique. I have since taken the razor to a pasted strop to restore the edge again and this morning it was a great shave.

I fear my stropping will continue to degrade my razors and result in me doing more work than I need to.... SO.....

Would anyone consider watching a video I have to observe my stropping technique and offer any guidance/advice? If you are willing, please shoot me a Private Message with your email address and I will send you the video.

Thank a bunch!

You could post the video here and I bet a lot of guys would advise you on it.

That's probably a better idea. Opening it up to the entire group for viewing is probably more practical... I hope the video is decent enough to observe. If not, please let me know and I'll try to possibly film it differently, different angle, etc.

I would appreciate any help from you more experienced guys.

Depends how much it has dulled. If I'm using a razor every day for a week, I usually need to do a light touch up at the end of the week to get the razor nice and sharp again.

Of course, I'm still in the process of learning too (and will continue learning for the foreseeable future it seems), so perhaps I'll look back at this in another 6 months and say, gosh I was stropping horribly. However, I've seen posts from experienced members talking about doing touchups once a week as well, so maybe you're not as bad off as you think...

Someone correct me if I'm way off.

I can't see the video. Feel free to PM if you'd prefer.

I've corrected the link. SOrry