just wanted to know how others approach this exercise. just need a few ideas. thanks
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just wanted to know how others approach this exercise. just need a few ideas. thanks
lately I've been going from a balsa coated in CroOx to newspaper, and i just find a really full section of print (like the comics or something image heavy) and slide my balsa strip (probably 1/4" thick X 4 wide X 8 long) under the newspaper to give it a solid but edge-safe surface to strop on. works like a charm... I have gone straight from the newspaper to shaving w/out any other stropping on my last three hone jobs just to test it out. I'm a believer
Thank you. I've occasionally stropped on old paperback books (the dry musty pages are best) and never admitted it for fear of being thought delerious. ;)
Newpaper sounds like the same effect, perhaps I'm NOT losing it just yet.
I have found my shaves a little smoother after 100+ laps on newspaper after honing and stropping on leather. I still do 50 felt/50 leather before shaving.
Try wrapping the newspaper around a hardcover book. That works when you are travelling on the road. Do hotels rooms still have the bible in the nightstand. You should get a heavenly shave from that stropping.
What will we use when newspapers go all digital???:confused:
Get creative. I like to find the really dense black adverts to strop on, ie audrie tattoo or whatever her name is, I've stropped on the titanic, watch ads are great. I like to make a bi monthly chore of it for no particular reason, do all my razors at once. 100 laps each, with 5 pages of newspaper taped around a hone, or held down on a counter top, I used a microwave door almost anything works.
No problem, we'll all do the virtual shave with our digital razors and high definition lather. A better world is coming, hmm? :(Quote:
Originally Posted by mrsell63
aina swell, hey? :beer2: