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04-21-2015, 03:17 AM #31There is no charge for Awesomeness
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To strop or to not strop? There is no question.
Stropping is the bee's knees, the duck's bollocks, the dog's biscuits, the ... um ... good thing to do ....
Honestly, in terms of things to do to the edge to enable it to shave, stropping is *the* most important thing out there. Honing is a once-in-a-while kind of action. Stropping is a as-regularly-as-possible kind of action.
Don't question it, just do it. Well, you can question it but while you are waiting to get good answers just keep stropping.
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04-21-2015, 03:26 AM #32Razor Vulture
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"Strop often, and prosper"
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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04-21-2015, 10:15 PM #33Moderator
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"To shave is bliss. To strop is divine."
"The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."
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04-21-2015, 11:44 PM #34Razor Vulture
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"Spare the strop, spoil the shave."
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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04-22-2015, 12:20 AM #35illegitimum non carborundum
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"A stropping a day keeps the honing away."
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04-22-2015, 12:24 AM #36Razor Vulture
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"To shave is human. To strop, divine."
"Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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04-22-2015, 12:26 AM #37barba crescit caput nescit
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You are on FIRE!!!
Lots of great lines from you lately, you've made me spray the key board a few times in the last week!
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04-22-2015, 12:40 AM #38Razor Vulture
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Confucius say: " Man who strop in front of car get tired."
Neil Miller and Chevhead like this."Don't be stubborn. You are missing out."
I rest my case.
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04-22-2015, 01:53 AM #39Moderator
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Originally Posted by sharptonn
Confucius say: " Man who strop in front of car get tired."
sharptonn likes this."The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."
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04-22-2015, 05:29 AM #40illegitimum non carborundum
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So the horse is clearly dead now, but to beat it one more time...
The horse should be skinned so that strops can be made for the very critical and non-optional task of stropping. ANYONE who wants to shave with a straight MUST learn how to strop properly. Learning to hone is (kinda) optional but learning to strop is not. If you cannot figure out how to run a straight razor up and down a strop without ruining the blade or the strop, then you probably should not be trying to figure out how to use that blade on your face.
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