I do this occasionally on my blades when they are not cutting right and I do find that it works, but again the Feathers that I got from Pauldog, can run 18 shaves on one blade with out stropping, I bet I can go further!
Cheers,
Cheers,
You will find that hand stropping a wet blade after use will work just as well as the way you do it.
So if hand stropping a wet blade works just as well as dry, then it really doesn't matter which method to use? I've stropped twice dry and am happy with the results. If wet isn't any better then I probably won't try to strop wet.
DL
Today was my 12th shave...BBS once again but this time with an english Rocket(I love that small razor) I tried the wet stropping tecnique and works really good too.Thanks for the advices.
I will do shave 9 tonight. I have been lazy and have not shaved since Thursday night. I just bought a Kris Kross stropper off eBay and assuming the leather disc is in good shape, I will try that as well. If not, then the stropper will look good in my display cabinet.
DL
I wanted a twinplex but Kris Kross are better looking and works fine as well.And yes,they look cool in a cabinet,I can tell you!
I've done this just to see and I THINK it worked. But I can't tell how much is in my head and how much it is really working.
I dont know about the cork but the leather works for sure..you can try it on a leather belt.What an interesting thread. While I have no interest at all in extending the life of my blades, I want to try it just to see if it works.
I suppose stropping must be similar to the principle of steeling the edge on a chef's knife; you aren't making it sharp but are re-setting the edge, making it straight again.
So what makes a good stropping material beside your hand? Cork, leather, glass . . . ? I have a flat piece of cork mat that I'm going to try, as well as a wine cork.