Thread: Mastro Livi in his shop video

Also the "hand strop" at the end was awesome.

Originally Posted by brianyoungquist

Also the "hand strop" at the end was awesome.

Yeah, I was wondering a bout that. I have two hypotheses...
1. Just to give it a few more stropping laps.
2. Put some oil on the blade to protect the fresh steel from rust.

Anyone?

Cheers.

Thanks. I think. I'm actively resisting the urge to spend income not yet earned. ;P

Originally Posted by Pi3

Yeah, I was wondering a bout that. I have two hypotheses...
1. Just to give it a few more stropping laps.
2. Put some oil on the blade to protect the fresh steel from rust.

Anyone?

Cheers.

I just stumbled on a video by a SRP member showing the Hand Stropping technique: Straight Razor Hand Stropping - YouTube.
I'll PM him to see if he can enlighten us.

Cheers.

I personally find the hand stropping puts a really nice final polish on the edge that is even finer than that you can get off a strop, unless you have very rough palms

It can also be handy travel strop.

Hand palm stropping is more effective than any strop of any type. I personally use this since many years and it also makes a very handy strop when you are traveling. Hand palm stropping gives the edge a better polishing and, like Mastro Livi says, it is our very personal strop we always carry with ourselves.
Mastro Livi always says hand palm stropping is superior than any strop. And I can tell this to be true as this is my favorite method of stropping since the days I started using a straight razor, about ten years ago.

Originally Posted by Pi3

Yeah, I was wondering a bout that. I have two hypotheses...
1. Just to give it a few more stropping laps.
2. Put some oil on the blade to protect the fresh steel from rust.

Anyone?

Cheers.

Yeah, not that for sure, in fact it would be just the opposite want to rust carbon steel ???? get sweat on it and leave it...

Before shaving I see no problem, but you better get the sweat off the steel before storing it....

Look at this Barber strop:

Originally Posted by Badgister

Look at this Barber strop:

Lovely video although it is about a sad story: this barber was saying at the end of that day he quit his business and he retired.

Originally Posted by gssixgun

Yeah, not that for sure, in fact it would be just the opposite want to rust carbon steel ???? get sweat on it and leave it...

Sweat is not good for carbon steel for sure, but skin oils or grease may certainly play a positive role on the edge.