Thread: 2 Years Without a Nick!

This will be lame for some of you experienced hands, but when i started into straight shaving about 6 years ago, I was plagued with a tendency to nick strops, typically in a place and manner that made it hard to repair, thus ending up with quite a few much shorter "Travel" strops, as it were.

Spending time on my technique and just being careful, I've logged now 2 years on this strop without a nick! I know this probably jinxes me and tomorrow I'll blow the streak, but I wanted to share the good news.

Congrats! Wish I could say that. I've been at it 7 years and nicked one about two weeks ago......accidents do happen.

Tempting fate.

But well done nevertheless.

Now you did it , just give it away before it happens! Tc

Wonderful news Lawson however there are many other perils to protect yourself against. Such as my latest catastrophe. The other day I threw out a Dovo Russian leather strop because while I was trying to latch the strop to my towel rack like I did a thousand times by a S-clip, I managed to drop said strop in the toilet bowl.
Uggggggggggggggh.

You mean without a new nick?
Maybe it's just a semantic thing....I call my 'nicks' feathers. That's what they seem to be, small little feathers. I absolutely can't upgrade strops until I stop making them.

Originally Posted by Tarkus

Wonderful news Lawson however there are many other perils to protect yourself against. Such as my latest catastrophe. The other day I threw out a Dovo Russian leather strop because while I was trying to latch the strop to my towel rack like I did a thousand times by a S-clip, I managed to drop said strop in the toilet bowl.
Uggggggggggggggh.

This is still better then switching strops at forgetting to turn around your hook to the using position and having said strop come flying off mid strop. Then said strop hitting your dovo dead center on the edge. Taking a chunk out of said strop and said dovo.

Awesome!!

I can't go 2 minutes without nicking up every strop I use..........

I don't nick my strops very often but when I do it's really, really bad. Good luck tomorrow.