Thread: Trouble Keeping Razor Open while Stropping

The key to stropping is flipping the razor or rolling it on the spine to change directions. I like the picture of the grip Carl is using. Loose scales can be aggravating when stropping or honing for that matter, but the key is that the majority of the holding is in the tang. The scales are really more of a balance thing. Tightening the hinge pin always helps, but you have to be careful with older scales as they break sometimes just from looking at them.

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