Thread: Paddle strop or hanging strop

The three stages of SR stropping

#1 Trying to do no harm, Actually during this stage a bench/paddle strop or placing the hanging strop along the edge of a table or counter can help teach the "Flip"

#2 Doing no harm, This is when the new guy finally manages to stop rolling edges and nicking the strop, the "flip is pretty smooth and an actual stropping pattern is realized, rather than going straight up and down the strop

#3 Actually improving the edge, Finally you have a smooth light stroke with a pattern that moves the spine and therefore the edge evenly and equally across the strop... You can now take a Meh edge and strop it back in to peak performance.. It is also at this point when you begin to realize the importance of a Hanging strop being able to adjust tension to match the razor


As my friend Marty already said above "Stropping is Often Underrated"