Thread: Should the blade rest?

Originally Posted by xman

I did not. I accept that at a point stropping stops being useful, but it's not dangerous to the edge. One can do too little stropping and that's bad. Another could do more and that, while no longer beneficial to the edge, are not bad for it. So there's no such thing as too much stropping. Only not enough.

X

True, but as long as I hit the sweet spot I'd rather spend the extra time shaving.