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AFDavis11 Stropping for Sharpness 02-18-2013, 01:14 PM
shanky887614 can you explain what an x... 02-18-2013, 01:15 PM
Matt69 With a normal x-stroke, the... 02-18-2013, 01:25 PM
AFDavis11 Yes, as Matt explains the... 02-18-2013, 01:32 PM
AFDavis11 I've uploaded a video. 02-18-2013, 01:34 PM
mackie I noticed that you are... 02-18-2013, 01:49 PM
ace I have never tried this, but... 02-18-2013, 02:10 PM
AFDavis11 It is a traditional stroke,... 02-18-2013, 02:18 PM
mackie I will try it. Thanks. Mack 02-18-2013, 02:25 PM
Pyrateknight I actually do this for my... 02-18-2013, 04:52 PM
pinklather AFD. Thank You for posting.... 02-18-2013, 07:31 PM
Chreees Thank you for this!!!! I am a... 03-03-2013, 01:23 AM
Jayaruh I know this is an old thread,... 07-05-2014, 08:56 PM
honedright You are correct. It just goes... 07-06-2014, 07:03 PM
JimmyHAD Practice flipping the razor... 07-06-2014, 07:07 PM
Haroldg48 Great document Jimmy! ... 07-06-2014, 07:31 PM
mrsell63 Seems it is all about proper... 07-06-2014, 08:07 PM
earcutter Dude - I love your straight! ... 07-06-2014, 08:32 PM
mike1011 I'm new still to razor... 07-06-2014, 10:05 PM
UAcowboy I am still pretty new to... 07-06-2014, 11:00 PM
DaveW I also find a good linen and... 07-08-2014, 01:26 PM
kelbro Same experience here. Diamond... 08-25-2014, 02:11 AM
DaveW I think the face likes... 08-25-2014, 02:43 AM
Airportcopper Coticules are a different... 08-28-2014, 03:30 AM
Ozarkedger Holding the blade at an angle... 08-29-2014, 03:48 AM
PA23-250 I would have to disagree... 08-29-2014, 09:33 PM
Haroldg48 I'm not sure where I am on... 08-29-2014, 11:10 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by mike1011 View Post
    I'm new still to razor honing, having now only done 14 ebay specials I am very much still developing my razor technique.

    I had been finishing on a 12k naniwa followed by a cro ox pasted strop but I was finding the edges pretty harsh until they were 3 or 4 saves in, at which time they became comfortable.

    With that in mind the last 3 razors I have honed I've skipped the cro ox and instead gone straight to a plain linen and leather strop (2-3 hundred on the linen and about the same again on the leather). Using this method I have been getting nice comfortable shaves straight away.

    Does anyone else find it much more pleasant to just strop after the last stone or am I missing a trick with the cro ox ?
    I am still pretty new to honing as well but i have never used anything after my last stone but a cloth strop followed by leather and neither pasted. I have had pretty smooth shaves as long i had my bevels set.

    Also that is going from a Norton 8k to the strop. I have yet to aquire a stone that is any finer than that yet. Thought i had a natural one for finishing but after some experimenting it seems to undo what i get from the 8k.
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