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A topic was mentioned in another thread on B&B last week about whether there is any benefit to be gained by stropping a SR if it is being maintained after each shave on a 0.1μm diamond pasted balsa strop. This week I am going to try and determine if there is a difference.
For this exercise, I will be using two Titan ACRM-2 T.H.60 SR's that have been maintained after each shave on a 0.1μm diamond pasted balsa strop. Today and tomorrow I will shave with each to ensure that they both provide reasonably equal quality of shaves.
If they are about equal, I will then shave the rest of the week with one not touching a leather or cloth strop. At the end of the week I will shave with the other SR to see if I can determine any difference in the shave quality. All shaves will include the same pre-shave preparation, soap and brush.
The two identical SR's:
One has its tail lacquered black so that I can easily tell them apart.
This morning I shaved with the black-tail, stropping on a clean leather strop before and cleaning on a chamois strop after, before maintaining on a 0.1μm diamond pasted hanging balsa strop. Tomorrow will be the same with the clear-tail. If they are about equal in shave quality, I will be shaving with the black-tail for the rest of the week without it touching a leather or cloth strop. It will be still maintained on the diamond pasted balsa.
More to follow.
For this exercise, I will be using two Titan ACRM-2 T.H.60 SR's that have been maintained after each shave on a 0.1μm diamond pasted balsa strop. Today and tomorrow I will shave with each to ensure that they both provide reasonably equal quality of shaves.
If they are about equal, I will then shave the rest of the week with one not touching a leather or cloth strop. At the end of the week I will shave with the other SR to see if I can determine any difference in the shave quality. All shaves will include the same pre-shave preparation, soap and brush.
The two identical SR's:
One has its tail lacquered black so that I can easily tell them apart.
This morning I shaved with the black-tail, stropping on a clean leather strop before and cleaning on a chamois strop after, before maintaining on a 0.1μm diamond pasted hanging balsa strop. Tomorrow will be the same with the clear-tail. If they are about equal in shave quality, I will be shaving with the black-tail for the rest of the week without it touching a leather or cloth strop. It will be still maintained on the diamond pasted balsa.
More to follow.