Thread: Does 30+30=60?

The only way to answer this is to try it both ways for 2 weeks each.
Then decide which way suits you the best.

yeah I'm not good enough to know yet Honestly, I can't even tell when I've had a good stropping or a bad one. I just do it cuz I'm supposed to. I'm only into this for a month so far and I'm juggling way too many variables (stropping, soap, blade diffs, mood, etc).

I will get there - it was just a question I was pondering as I was stropping post-shave last night and I wanted to ask. I feel comfortable asking questions here no matter how dumb they seem

I've never stropped immediately after shaving. First I clean the blade with water and tissue, dry it, then put it away. I don't really want to use my strop to remove whatever gunk might be left on the blade. I take my strop-treating seriously, and putting gunk on it is something I prefer to avoid.

When I strop after shaving, I always clean the blade first.

Ive done both for extended periods All I've been able to tell is that they wind up the same.

Michael

It depends on the number of years between shaves. If the answer is none, then it's the same. If the answer is like 4 or 5 then it's not the same.

In my opinion, 30 + 30 = 30. But I've met plenty of people who can tell a difference between 30 and 60. For me, anything over about 10 = 100, same sensation.

Originally Posted by AFDavis11

It depends on the number of years between shaves. If the answer is none, then it's the same. If the answer is like 4 or 5 then it's not the same.

In my opinion, 30 + 30 = 30. But I've met plenty of people who can tell a difference between 30 and 60. For me, anything over about 10 = 100, same sensation.

Years?

Do a search in the stropping forum for "the grand experiment". it will answer your question.

interesting...

On weekdays I strop the night before to save time in the morning, and on weekends I strop immediately before I shave. I've never noticed a difference.

I'm familiar with the view that the steel should "rest" before being stropped. However, barbers from the past would use the same straight all day, stropping it throughout the day. Professional cooks use their knives all day and take them to a steel throughout the day. It's an interesting concept and I'd like to hear more about the basis of it.