A few small nicks on the edge close to either end is pretty common when you’re learning and is caused by flipping the razor over while it is still moving towards the end of the strop. Any oily quality to the leather is indicative of a well-conditioned strop, whereas built up scum can catch harmful debris. Make sure that it is clean and smooth, with no debris or nicks that might affect your blade. Hitting the hardware on either end of the strop with your blade.Īlso take a look at the strop itself.
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Too much tension in the strop (the blade skips off the material or can’t make full contact). Not enough tension in the strop (there is slack). Pulling the edge towards you or away from you (instead of leading with the spine).
Rolling up on the edge in the middle of a stroke. Some common mistakes we see with stropping that will affect the blade include: Pull towards you, flip over on the spine. Push away from you with the spine and edge flat on the strop material, with little to no pressure.īefore you reach the far end of the strop, flip the razor over, keeping the spine in contact with the strop. Lay the spine and edge flat on the strop (the spine will be in the direction of travel across the strop). Hold the strop firm and flat, but not too tight. For a good stropping stroke: Click here for our in-depth tutorial The goal of stropping is to clean any debris from the edge and to align these microscopic metal hairs, making them ‘keen’. Imagine that your razor’s edge is made up of tiny metal hairs… er, microscopic metal fibers.
It is not a substitute for honing.īefore even thinking about pasting your strop, take a serious look at your stropping technique. It’s a great tool in your toolbox and will prolong the life of your blade between honings, ultimately saving time and money by stretching how long you can go before investing in a hone yourself or sending your razor to be sharpened. It’s a nice in-between step, being more aggressive than stropping alone while not removing material the way honing does. Used in conjunction with the small amount of heat and friction from stropping, it smooths the bevel very nicely, reduces hone lines from sharpening on a stone, and results in a smoother, sharper edge. Chromium Oxide, aka “CrOx,” is a fine abrasive similar to jeweler's rouge. and at home, we use Chromium Oxide on a polyweb strop to polish and restore the razor’s edge.
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