Thread: Help... I think I stropped my razor dull!

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

In my video on the Main page, the upper video of the two, I routinely begin stropping at the correct pace and then speed up from there. So in all my videos the proper speed is when I am going the slowest.

IMO it bears repeating. Alan should have put in a link to his vids, there is something in them for all of us.

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Straight Razor Place - Beginners Tips: January 2012

Originally Posted by JeffR

For me, pushing the razor's edge down into the leather while stropping results in a dramatically sharper and smoother blade than if I strop lightly and tentatively.

For me , pushing the razor's edge down into the leather while stropping results in 2 strops
I'm sure that's not what you meant

Originally Posted by onimaru55

For me , pushing the razor's edge down into the leather while stropping results in 2 strops
I'm sure that's not what you meant

Last time I tried that I sliced my strop in two!

I like to concentrate on technique, and then speed, but I find I need to check my speed at times, to concentrate on form. I consider myself foolish if I stupidly relinquish control and wreck the edge...

I strop my razors 50 to 100 times between shaves and have never found stropping dulled the blades. Has anyone had an experience where they stropped a blade so much that is actually make the blade dull?

No, not at all. I do 30/70 prior to the shave and 10/10 post shave. Dulling a razor from stropping would surely be a result of poor form.