Thread: No stroping after a shave

Before and after cor me. My edges stay keen so why would I want to stop.

Whatever works for you is what I recommend.

Originally Posted by therapy

As a former saxophone repairman, I can say that metal memory is a fact, as leaks that are fixed by bending the keys reappear the next day.


Kind regards ,

Peter.

From my experience although not with saxophones in this situation you would have to "over bend" past where you want it to finally end up.

This just made me think that with a Dished strop could you over bend the this edge and have it end up straight?????

Tony Miller flax and leather after shaving, and leather before.

Tony's No 2 Roughout has the best suede side. That's what I use after.

Originally Posted by therapy

As a former saxophone repairman, I can say that metal memory is a fact, as leaks that are fixed by bending the keys reappear the next day.

If you're bending your razor you're stropping too hard

Stropping a razor is more an abrasive process than mechanical. The leather gives so much more than the steel that it will sharpen inside the hollows of micro pits.
I remember the Modern Mechanics article Glen mentioned had a micro picture of this.

This is one of those topics that back in the day would have seen people ready to go to war over. Just like taping the spine. Sometimes I miss those days.

Originally Posted by OCDshaver

This is one of those topics that back in the day would have seen people ready to go to war over. Just like taping the spine. Sometimes I miss those days.

"Hey, Pandora? What's in this box?"

Personally, I've found putting the razor under a Rhombus works way better than the pyramid.

I think we once discussed stropping after shaving and there was some discussion about it not being good, something about deforming the edge which is weaker after shaving. But then again I might be wrong and maybe it's the opposite. In any case I've never done it.

Stropping properly cannot be performed enough. Strop!

i did my own experiment.

I honed 2 razors, one i used and stropped regularly, the other I oiled up and put aside,

I found the one i didn't use never needed to be stropped so my conclusion is, stop shaving