Thread: Ambidextrous Stropping ....... old dog, new trick

Yes, but it's more of a fun novelty than an effective method. It saves little time overall.

I just tried it,is not fun at all

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

I just tried it,is not fun at all

Two handed or off handed?

If it's not fun, you're not doing it right!

Life is short my friend,as I age I try to optimize my time.
Doing things that have no usefull purpose to me is not fun

Boy howdy, this one got me going, I just tried two handed shaving one razor in each hand going ATG starting at ears......I let out a holler then had to go to the bathroom real bad. I'm calling the pass the bandolier pass.

About 5 or 6 of my strops are connected at both ends with Chicago type screws. I just turn the strop end for end and put the screws back in so that the left side of the stropping surface is now the right side and vice versa.

I have been shaving ambidextrously for over 40 years but have never stropped lefty. Accidently nicking my strop would put me in a tailspin so I will skip lefty stropping..............

Sounds like an idea! I'm right handed & I used to use a conventional strop until I got a large Mastro Livi Strop from SRD quite awhile back because I have no collarbone in my left shoulder so that makes it even more that I'm right handed but I always practiced shooting a pistol left handed in case I were ever winged! When I used the conventional strop, I noticed that I tended to ease up on the tautness of the strop. I can see where it might be awhile to get it down stropping with the left hand.

JMO.In Reality, if you use an X stroke (as you should) the wear on the strop will be equal across the entire surface.
Right handed, left handed, makes no diff.

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

JMO.In Reality, if you use an X stroke (as you should) the wear on the strop will be equal across the entire surface.
Right handed, left handed, makes no diff.

Well, try doing that with a, 50mm Iwasaki Kamisori and a 3" strop,for example.

I could hear my strops quivering as I read this. As I started in their direction, there were ear-splitting screams and they all dashed for the door & slithered down the driveway at a high rate of speed. I hacked up so many strops they've grown leery of me contemplating experimentation. Hmm. Maybe I should try w/ a bench strop. 'Would be a bit easier & they don't run as fast...