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FrenchBlade said:Basic rule of stropping, the spine never leaves the strop from start to finish.
Rob1971 said:Hi Jim,
good for you on your first straight razor shave!!
Well...I'm far from being an expert on this subject, but for what it's worth...here is some of my advice.
Everything that Max and Mikael have said is absolutely correct, I usually strop the blade 20 times before a shave and 20 times after...I believe stropping after shaving really cleans and dries the edge quite well.
To answer your question...strop on the smooth side, I understand some guys apply Chromium Oxide on the rough side of the strop and use it to fine tune the edge, however I believe that is something we do not need to do in our stage of development.
Before I strop the razor I vigorously rub my hand over the leather to warm it up...surprisingly that little trick really works.
Hope that helps you out,
good luck!!!
Pig Cat said:Oh. I have been stropping on the rough side of my latigo strop. It seemed the right thing to do. :?
NEIL!!! :lol:
Pig Cat said:Oh. I have been stropping on the rough side of my latigo strop. It seemed the right thing to do. :?
NEIL!!! :lol:
Neil Miller said:The back (suede-like) will act in a similar manner to canvas and precondition the edge, then the leather side brings up the edge.
If you have just been using the suede side all it means is that the razor has not been getting quite as sharp as it could be. Start using the leather (logo) side and after a week or so once you have got used to the feel of the edge it produces, do 20-30 on the suede side followed by 30 - 40 (you could go up to 60, but as Max points out you don't need to do that many laps - in bygone days they used 10 - 20) on the logo side and see if you notice any increase in sharpness.
Regards,
Neil
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