So you did! haha, I must have missed it when I was reading it, or maybe thought I had just the best idea ever!:rofl2:. It was late when I responded too so my mind was probably not in all the right spots.
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Doesn't matter how you learn, so long as you do I reckon.
Mick
I also nicked my strop yesterday. Instead of rolling the spine of the razor on the strop I pulled away the razor and turned it the other way and when I placed it again on the strop I was careless and the result was a nick that thank God doesn't affect stropping. When I realized what I had done I was in shock :p
Well, see, your method of learning obviously involves spending as much money as possible and hurting your wallet. Others like to learn by hurting themselves, and some others again work several systems of learning all at once. They're what we call 'Gluttons for punishment' :).
Mick
Hmmm. 5 strops destroyed. I'd say my credentials are well established.
New here.
If you nick your strop is it trashed?
I thought the same thing too. About 15 shaves in (still a rookie), edge, meet strop! Then again the very next time!! So I said time out... Went back to square one, and haven't done it since!
Bryski, I'm still relatively new as well. But the nicks I have in my strop aren't too bad and they are both at the furthest opposite ends. I still use mine, as they weren't horrible nicks. But I'd imagine if you get a real nice nick in the center of the strop, you may encounter some problems. Its all on a case by case basis, but to answer your question, no I still use my nicked strop regularly (granted my nicks are about 3/4" away from the very ends of my strop).
I uswd to think the same way about a number of things, until they happened to me.