Stroping multi blade razors

While most of us love our straight razors, they are not what our wives use on a daily basis.

For Christmas I bought my wife a Schick Quattro Titanium on sale for $5 with 4 blades.
The strips above and below the blade don't fall apart after the razor has been used for awhile.
She started using it on Jan 1 and is still using the same blade and says it still shaves fine. So far that is 3 months.

The trick to getting this kind of life out of that blade is that I made a strop out of blue jean material and strop it 40 light passes every other day on that strop.
Looking at the edge under a 30x loupe when new, and keeping a check on it every week. I have been pretty amazed at how the edge looks better now than when it was new.

So you may want to pass this on to friends and family to help them save some money on these high priced blades.


Best wishes,

Silver2

I used to "strop" my Fusion with my thumbs every day before I would use it. I never would have believed that would have an effect, but my face (and wallet) can tell a difference. I easily get two months out of a cartridge. It's still a cartridge quality shave, but it's two months worth instead of two weeks.

--David

never would of thought of that but then again i could only use a cartridge razor a few times before i junked it all the while cursing bitterly about how they were over priced

There are some great YouTube videos showing some of the techniques that work for this. If I owned a cartridge razor or enjoyed the first shave with one I would try it out.