Thread: Stropping is King

Originally Posted by PuFFaH

My best shaving razor has never seen a hone since the day i bought it 23 years ago (I think), it has only ever been stropped and then mainly on differing grades of plain leather, with the odd refresh on a pasted hanging strop.

I think you're missing my point. You seem to agree with me that you need the "odd refresh." So you're not doing it just with plain leather. That's all I said. I never said you must use a hone. I do exactly what you do, but I refresh with a fine hone.

Originally Posted by Joe Lerch

I think you're missing my point. You seem to agree with me that you need the "odd refresh." So you're not doing it just with plain leather. That's all I said. I never said you must use a hone. I do exactly what you do, but I refresh with a fine hone.

Look Joe, Scott has said he refreshes on a hone every 6 mths or so, I say i refresh on a pasted hanging strop every 6mths to a year. I fail to see where me and Scott differ except by our means of refreshing the razor. You say you do the same as us, so why are you still contradicting this?

PuFF

Originally Posted by PuFFaH

Look Joe, Scott has said he refreshes on a hone every 6 mths or so, I say i refresh on a pasted hanging strop every 6mths to a year. I fail to see where me and Scott differ except by our means of refreshing the razor. You say you do the same as us, so why are you still contradicting this?

PuFF

I referesh about every other week.