Thread: Resting between stropping (Not me, the razor).

I shave every other day, so the suggested waiting period isn't a problem for me.

Just to interject, I do 60/60 before shaving and before I do my 'Fools Pass'[upper lip WTG/ATG pass's] I do another 40 or so on the smooth side of my Illinois faithful 260 strop. It does[IMO]keen up the edge a bit, and if that's just in my head at least it does give me the confidence to surry forth and get the trickier parts of my face BBS!! Then another 20 pass's after I rinse and dry the razor when I'm done, Obsessive, maybe, but it gets me through, so to speak.

Continue on gents, don't let me slow the thread down.

tinkersd of SRP.

Originally Posted by tinkersd

Just to interject, I do 60/60 before shaving and before I do my 'Fools Pass'[upper lip WTG/ATG pass's] I do another 40 or so on the smooth side of my Illinois faithful 260 strop. It does[IMO]keen up the edge a bit, and if that's just in my head at least it does give me the confidence to surry forth and get the trickier parts of my face BBS!! Then another 20 pass's after I rinse and dry the razor when I'm done, Obsessive, maybe, but it gets me through, so to speak.

Continue on gents, don't let me slow the thread down.

tinkersd of SRP.

You do 60 fabric then 60 leather before the shave and another 40 during? Well I've been doing ~30/60 and was worried it waws too much I've thought about taking the blade for a few more laps around the strop during the shave, but I was worried it might be bad for the strop or the razor.

Absa'to'bloody'lutely!!!

Thats right Hayduke, its more than just trying to cover all base's when I strop that much, I do feel a noteble difference before and after with the TPT on the razors edge. Just feels keener to me[IMO] after I do 60linen/60smooth on my Ill.#260. But if you get great results with you regimin, please don't let my singular opinion sway you, keep on keepin' on!!

With respect, tinkersd of SRP.

Originally Posted by tinkersd

and before I do my 'Fools Pass'[upper lip WTG/ATG pass's] I do another 40 or so on the smooth side of my Illinois faithful 260 strop.

I'm glad you mentioned that because I am struggling a bit with the old upper lip. I'm finding that after I've done WTG and then ATG it looks like a red inner tube stuck on under my nose. Bit sore and all that. I'm trying just XTG for the moment which isn't BBS, but more comfotable until I work things out.
Maybe I should try a few laps on the strop like you do.

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I tried some mid shave extra laps up and down the strop last night. I couldn't tell a difference

Sorry tinkersd. Maybe there was a difference and I'm still much of a newb to notice

Right, well, I've learned a couple of things from this site in the last couple of days:

Buffing - I'd never heard of buffing, but I checked out the 'pass' guide on wiki and this is solving my upper lip problems above the sides of my mouth. You have to remember to flatten the angle of the blade against your face, though.

Also, I tried this (below) technique Rayman talked about which involves using the muscles in your top lip (or bottom) to draw it down in a controlled way against a stationary razor.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/shaving-straight-razor/46507-how-shave-under-your-nose.html

Without doubt, straight-razor shaving is the least straight forward thing which I thought was pretty straight forward, I've ever done!

All the best,
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