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

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Let's keep it friendly guys. It is just a shaving forum.... no nuclear weapons being developed here.

Hitting the 'enter' key (A.K.A. the 'return key') every so often breaks up the text and makes it easier to read longer posts. Just saying .......

Well-said, Jimmy! (as usual!)
What Wildfirejoe and Pixel are missing is this, IMO.

Neil Miller is a highly intelligent individual. Well-learned and to the vast extent, I have observed, self-educated by much hard work into the written word. Not speaking Google here.

He not only has impeccable punctuation (usually! ), but is more-read than I suspect any one of us is. Furthermore, he is a razor fiend as we all are. In his country, the written word gleans the history of metallurgy and, among a myriad of other things, open razors. Modern experts spew forth many newly discovered secrets and miracles, it would astound most here to know these things were also done long ago in, sometimes, more accurate and well-documented procedures. Neil has studied these things and knows that claims are just what they are. Claims. Experts and adverts have made claims forever.

Let's not discount the word of those who know history and especially that which pertains to razors. The olden days of straight razors lasted for hundreds of years. Today's fad is but decades. Too often we repeat words of others in our razor references. These words should be as in stone. Substantiated by reputation first. Mine come from people like Neil and my astute friends here. Neil has gleaned a trove of knowledge by digging the old-fashioned way. He has a true love of research and victory in the pursuit. He has forgotten more about razors than we should ever know, I am afraid!

Finally in this blushing tribute to the old crass bastard, I feel we are fortunate to be able to banter with him(although I gave that up long ago).

Understanding English humor and wit is also helpful!

Point is: Joe and Bill, Neil is your friend. Our friend. With him, it's a jolly old tyme, or be damned!
Get it on!