Stropping slow, is this efficient?

[incucrash]

Started with a poor mans, I had a hard time with it being 2" wide and me unable to hold it.

I could "strop" it with ease on my thigh, wearing jeans of course.

So I bought a paddle strop, black latigo on one side and english bridle on other.

In each pass, I am making it light pressure, trying to keep spine flat, but its slow...

are 20 passes slow as good as fast?

 

[DFSDAILY]

Going slow is the best thing for a beginner as it keeps you from cutting your strop and damaging your blade. Your speed will increase over time. I do 50 passes pre shave and 25 post shave.

 

[smalltank]

I also jeans stropped..hung em over a chair..pulled em tight..stropped away..took em off of course!..
Did this for about 2 months til I found a great buy here on BST

 

[California Cajun]

Started with a poor mans, I had a hard time with it being 2" wide and me unable to hold it.

I could "strop" it with ease on my thigh, wearing jeans of course.

So I bought a paddle strop, black latigo on one side and english bridle on other.

In each pass, I am making it light pressure, trying to keep spine flat, but its slow...

are 20 passes slow as good as fast?

Yes. Stropping isn't heating up the blade. It's removing debris that might have accumulated while honing and/or shaving.

 

[Kentos]

In theory it seems it shouldn't matter, but I find a minimum speed is desireable to get a good edge. My minimum is a 1 second lap. Also 40 laps minimum too .

 

[mdunn]

Think about what stropping achieves. It basically polishes the edge before a shave.

So that woukd come down to distance.. Speed is irrelevant.

 

[drathgeb]

I think you would have to go REALLY fast to change the temperature significantly. Slow and steady wins the race until your form is down

 

[paco664]

better to strop slow and preserve a pristine leather....

than to go fast and cut something that will cost money to replace....

 

[incucrash]

Cool! Ill check some more resources

Anyone suggest a particular video or tutorial?

I only know to keep spine flat and just weight of razor? That about right?

 

[DFSDAILY]

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I only know to keep spine flat and just weight of razor? That about right?[/QUOTE]

Yep.