Thread: Stropping speed question

Go at the rate you feel most comfortable with. It is most important that when you start you develop the correct technique - speed is secondary and will increase with practice and time.

Generally, after that most people's natural speed is fast enough for effective stropping. The "fists of fury" stropping you see sometimes in videos (and I'm as guilty of it as anyone else) has a lot to do with showing off and little to do with efficacy. But hey, a hard-earned skill deserves to be shown off sometimes so we all cut each other some slack!

But yes, please don't worry about speed at this stage. Concentrate on keeping the razor flat for the entire stroke, developing the flip correctly and with confidence, and keeping the spine constantly in contact with the strop. Once those things come together you can worry about speed.

Good luck.

James.