Thread: Why do they recommend using the Strop after shaving and before shaving?

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Than we Differ neil.I have always gone by the experiance of others that I respect.
I worked with a very old man a few yrs back building a natural rock wall,I worked for free just to learn,no morter,no supports,all free standing.
He was Crass,he was not very bright,he had no formal education,but he had 60 yrs experiance in the art of Rock walls.
the above has nothing to do with metals,razors etc,but when an old Machinist with decades under his belt tells me something,(call me stupid) I believe it.

We are evidently talking about different things.

I too respect a well honed craftsman who is exceptionally good at his job.

But say he was a crass dry-stone waller - I wouldn't listen to his theories about talking stones, stone spirits, kobolds and elves any more than you would - because doing his job well is one thing and folklore is another.

I hope you finally get the point.

Neil

Now I have to go - I am a junior in a machinists shop and they have asked me to go and get a spare bubble for the spirit level and a packet of elbow grease. I don't know, these old duffers'll lose anything...