Hey all,
Everywhere i read, it says when you strop that you should do it in the "X" fashion and that is what i have been doing. Now when i shave i use every centimeter of my edge to shave because of the angles and places i need to do. But if you do the "X" stropping the ends of the blade miss out on a lot of stropping. The middle is fine, it gets most of the attention, but the ends do not.
Now I mix the "X" method with straight up and down stropping to make sure i get both ends of the blade on both sides. I will do the "X" couple of time then up and down a few times on both ends.
Does anyone see a problem in doing it this way?
Everywhere i read, it says when you strop that you should do it in the "X" fashion and that is what i have been doing. Now when i shave i use every centimeter of my edge to shave because of the angles and places i need to do. But if you do the "X" stropping the ends of the blade miss out on a lot of stropping. The middle is fine, it gets most of the attention, but the ends do not.
Now I mix the "X" method with straight up and down stropping to make sure i get both ends of the blade on both sides. I will do the "X" couple of time then up and down a few times on both ends.
Does anyone see a problem in doing it this way?