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  1. 10-12-2012, 01:13 PM #1
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    Stroppin' We'll be stroppin' 'til the break of dawn!

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    Default Here's my first stropping video

    Here's a quick and dirty vid I made this afternoon.Not my finest work, but it does show the basics of how I go about stropping my razors.I'll be putting up a few more as I get more time towards the end of the month.
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    Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me over all these years....

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    Default Blooper Reel: Jimbo Cuts His Strop

    Despite my reputation as a master of stropping, honing, shaving and everything straightrazor related, I still have my moments.

    The following is an out-take from my now world-famous metronome stropping video, where I demonstrate that a rush of blood to the head is not the correct mindset for safe stropping. I took a very nice slice out of the strop at the hand end by trying to strop too fast.

    Watch, and learn from the master!

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    EDIT: The cut occurs at around 33 seconds. It may be easier to see if you watch it in the 720HD resolution on the youtube site, or in full-screen.

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    It takes a real man to admit when he has made a mistake. We all have been there. Thanks for demonstrating to all of us at every skill level that we are not perfect and may still make mistakes from time to time. Very encouraging video for the newbies.

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    I haven't seen this video up here yet, but it does a wonderful job of showing the difference between "wrist-flippng" and "finger-flipping". Wrist flipping is not as precise and gentle a movement as finger-flipping.

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    Finally, someone believes the way I do about the finger position...Thanks ACE

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    Despite my reputation as a master of stropping, honing, shaving and everything straightrazor related, I still have my moments.

    The following is an out-take from my now world-famous metronome stropping video, where I demonstrate that a rush of blood to the head is not the correct mindset for safe stropping. I took a very nice slice out of the strop at the hand end by trying to strop too fast.

    Watch, and learn from the master!

    EDIT: The cut occurs at around 33 seconds. It may be easier to see if you watch it in the 720HD resolution on the youtube site, or in full-screen.

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    TeeHee, I see the lil pigtail.

    Your going to have to try harder to match my awesomeness of wacking a strop in half tho
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    Quote Originally Posted by Scookum View Post
    TeeHee, I see the lil pigtail.

    Your going to have to try harder to match my awesomeness of wacking a strop in half tho
    Who says I haven't done that? I make my own strops you know, so that one might not be my first....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jimbo View Post
    Who says I haven't done that? I make my own strops you know, so that one might not be my first....

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    lol was that one of your roo strops? I remember one of the first stropping youtube videos I watched, the guy was going superfast so I thought thats how I should do it, wack...wack...wack...wack...this is not going to good, wack...wack...wack. Glue the two pieces to scrap 2x4's....
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    Yes it was. That is the problem with roo - screw around too much and it just slices in two before you know it. Although you'll be happy to know that was merely a sliver in the video. Strop is still very much in one piece and useable.

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