Mastro Livi in his shop video
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Originally Posted by
gssixgun
Not to argue a fine point, but the SWEAT that your palms put out is 99% Water and 1% Salt not something that is good for steel, IE; stropping on the palm and then leaving it there is not good...
Of course salt is not good for steel, even though - at least in my case - I always wash my hands with soap before shaving and this certainly removes any salt or sweat from my hands. The fact however remains that sweat certainly is not good for steel.
However, there is also another fact remaining: hand palm stropping is very effective and it seems to give a better performing edge, or at least this is what I get.
To clear what I usually do better, I hand palm strop my razor before each pass then at the end of shaving, I clean the razor with water and wipe the blade with a towel without touching the edge. I also use toilet paper to remove any soap from the blade, once again, without touching the edge. After that I do another palm strop and then use a loom strop in order to make sure any water on the edge is completely removed.