Thread: Honing and stropping demonstrations

Nice vids, jockeys. I'm gonna come right out and say that although I've never tried the double bevel the idea of it alone cuts against my grain. (heh) I like a very sharp edge and I have no problem with the regular maintenance such an edge requires. Your system looks very good though and I'm sure you get great edges and great shaves too. Pasting a hanging strop as you do will benefit the double bevel, but I don't think I'd consider it for my process. Thanks for showing us your method, though. I quite liked watching it.

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mods, please move to videos section. sorry, didn't know it was there when i posted this.

thanks, the more i see how other people do it (and especially in different ways) the more is helps.

cheers,
newb

Here's some more Honing videos - Straight Razor Place Wiki

Jockeys, I have added your videos. Thank you for sharing.

By the way, is YouTube - tonycoronado's Channel a member here?

Slightly OT this, but I notice you aren't shy of wiping the whole blade clean with a cloth, including the edge (at least it looks that way.) I've always avoided doing that, and used a light stropping motion on a cloth/towel whatever to deal with the edge itself. Am I being a bit too paranoid? I've noticed people like Mastro Livi do the same thing as you Jockey, so you are in good company.

Originally Posted by Rajagra

Slightly OT this, but I notice you aren't shy of wiping the whole blade clean with a cloth, including the edge (at least it looks that way.) I've always avoided doing that, and used a light stropping motion on a cloth/towel whatever to deal with the edge itself. Am I being a bit too paranoid? I've noticed people like Mastro Livi do the same thing as you Jockey, so you are in good company.

not OT at all. I am wiping the edge, but I am gently pinching it between thumb and forefinger (and towel) which places no more stress on the edge than stropping.

I dunno, it gets the edge clean and it's never made a razor dull :-P

thanks for the vids jockeys great demo the more honing vids the better, ive got my stropping pretty much down now, heres an idea for a vid..."how to properly paste a strop" ive seen people make xs' with the diamond paste but ive never seen it in a vid.. id love to see a leather strop pasted completely green.
but again thanks for the vids

Hey, I certainly learned a lot. Thanks.

Originally Posted by DeathMetalDremel

id love to see a leather strop pasted completely green.
but again thanks for the vids

CrO + honing oil + rubber glove + rub the strop = completely green strop


really not that much to make a video out of. i just made a bit more mixture than i intended to for such a small strop.

Neat stropping tutorial. I'm sure it'll save a few newbie edges out there.

I've never bothered with pastes before. Once you've smeared it on the leather, is it there to stay, or can using the strop a lot wear it away and bring it back to normal?

Also, are you still working on growing your facial hair design? If so, what does it look like now? If not, I don't blame you...why deprive yourself of shaving so much of your face with your sharp-as-hell razors? That just ain't right!