Does rapid stropping really heat the razor?
I have read in a few places on SRP that one of the values of rapid stropping is that it heats the razor sufficiently to soften it and allow the edge to remodel. I am not a metallurgist but it seems to me that a temperature sufficient to allow that to happen would at the very least be uncomfortable to the touch. My stropping is not all that rapid -- I can do 50 roundtrips in about as many seconds without endangering the edge, the strop or my fingers. After I did that I rapidly placed the blade flat against my face and it barely felt warm. So my question is...can rapid stropping really heat the edge to any degree? Just wondering. Maybe I'm just not fast enough yet.
Does rapid stropping really heat the razor?
It's an issue of turning Mechanical Energy to Thermal Energy. It happens at the point of contact because of the friction produced by the edge coming in contact with the strop. I really don't think it's something that we can measure because of how the heat is dissipated by the metal and the leather.
Yes, it's one of those Santa and Resting things.
Re: Does rapid stropping really heat the razor?
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Samuel
I know this is cheating. But I used a wheel strop at 90-120 rpm. I think this is not as fast as my moderate stropping, but it warms the blade a little.
I have never heard of a wheel strop, can you post a picture?
Eric.