Thread: Hand(Palm) Stropping

I all ready do it a bit when i am honing and between passes shaving usually.

Originally Posted by mrsell63

I have been palm stropping in mid-shave ever since the Livi video came out. I don't see any problem with it and it doesn't do any harm to the razor. There aren't any nicks on any of my strops including my palm. Focus when you do it.

If you think it works, that's half the battle. I strop on my wallet when I travel.

Hope you don't nick your "strop."

I've been stropping on my palm for the last two years. Never had an incident. But I am not going fast or anything. For an experienced shaver, I don't see how this is any more dangerous than shaving your face with the same razor.

I also note that if your palm is damp the draw is very nice and that draw slowly lightens as you palm dries. I have found it to be a nice trick also to dry off the edge of the razor in a pinch.

Originally Posted by ZethLent

I've been stropping on my palm for the last two years. Never had an incident. But I am not going fast or anything. For an experienced shaver, I don't see how this is any more dangerous than shaving your face with the same razor.

I also note that if your palm is damp the draw is very nice and that draw slowly lightens as you palm dries. I have found it to be a nice trick also to dry off the edge of the razor in a pinch.

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Yeah! What he said...............

Honestly I would just buy a newspaper and use that. If not then just strop on a pair of jeans you bring with you. Cutting into your hand or forearm seems horrifying to me!

A japanese stone expert (he wishes to remain nameless) was recently telling me that he thinks strops erase the "signature" of a good finishing stone, and recommended using (dried) slurry from the finishing stone on your palm and stropping with that. He also thinks linen and fabric are far too coarse for truly delicate edges. In my experience, stropping correctly on (proper) leather and linen does not degrade even the sharpest edges, but I can't speak as much to the issue of the "signature."

One problem with hand-stropping is that it's a very short surface - you have to do it a billion times.

As for travelling - I figure since I'm knee-deep in hones, strops, razors and everything else in my house I can manage a strop when I travel. Though I dont I have it, I dig the idea of that T-I paddle-strop.

If you've stropped any length of time, you've nicked a strop. You don't want that to be your palm.