Thread: How Long Before Your First Nick on a New Strop?

A little under two minutes

Originally Posted by SS502MC

A little under two minutes

thanks for that

Originally Posted by SS502MC

A little under two minutes

I got ya beat!! I think I didn't even make it 90 seconds or 20 strokes! Glad I bought the Poor Mans version from WD!!!

My poor man's lasted about as long. First time out I rolled it over the blade instead of the spine, and BINGO . . .
Flipping it away from you (over the spine) was just counter-intuitive for me when thinking about drawing it "back".

I use a hanging strop. No Mentor and only videos. Yeah I nicked that one up good, still useable. So I made it another 6 months no nicks and rewarded myself with a new Big Daddy strop, Went a year without a nick, So I ordered myself a Scrupleworks strop. Placed the order and nicked my strop. Bad Karma thread, might as well just go nick the fanciest nicest strop I will ever own and call it a day.
This is right up there with when is the last time you cut yourself?
Happy shaves.
It will happen but I aint looking forward to it. This post just slowed my stropping. Tension on strop, lap count, correct flip, lose count or concentration. The newer you are the less muscle memory you have equals more nicks.

I've nicked all the strops I've used, which total up to three. I have one now, a nice Scrupleworks, and it has been worked over nicely. I have no scruples when it comes to strops. Still works fine though.

When I focus well and don't try anything new and fancy mid stroke while stropping a kamisori, that is.

I refuse to respond to this thread..

It's like saying "Gee, we haven't hit traffic yet..." while on a long car ride.

Or, "Wow, it hasn't rained in a week.."

Bad karma for sure.

My previous 3 strops all got nicked, sliced , diced and glued but since I bought my Kanayama 90000 I have not nicked it and its been about a year I think.
The reason being is the pure concentration and will power I put into it. I call upon the ancient Gods to guide my hand
I also find that stropping daily gets the old muscle memory working well.
If I'm not in the groove or the stars are not in alignment then I will just say **** it , walk away man walk away.

I think about 2 weeks, was my first strop though... It has 3 in it, have had it 6 months. The latest was only recently too Not sure what happened...

I nicked my current strop in the first couple of days. Then nicked it again. Fortunately they are on the edge, at the end of blade travel, so i just adjusted the length of my stroke so that I don't hit them. As clumsy as I am, I try to stick to decent but affordable strops. No $150-$200 strops for me.