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Stropping plays a fundamental role in the maintenance of a shave-able straight razor. Every time a straight razor's cutting edge touches your face you can feel the results of your last stropping and whether the results are consistent. The purpose of this article is to help explain why stropping is important and how to achieve consistently good results from stropping. | Stropping plays a fundamental role in the maintenance of a shave-able straight razor. Every time a straight razor's cutting edge touches your face you can feel the results of your last stropping and whether the results are consistent. The purpose of this article is to help explain why stropping is important and how to achieve consistently good results from stropping. | ||
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Nothing mentioned in this text is set in stone. Individual needs, habits, personal interests and many other things are variables which allow freedom for the stropper to trust his or her learning abilities and find what works best. | Nothing mentioned in this text is set in stone. Individual needs, habits, personal interests and many other things are variables which allow freedom for the stropper to trust his or her learning abilities and find what works best. | ||
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== Why proper stropping is essential. == | == Why proper stropping is essential. == | ||
− | [[Image:Proforma stropping info2.png|thumb|right|200px]]Jack La Lanne has a saying, "Exercise is king, nutrition is queen, put them together and you have a kingdom!"<ref>http://www.jacklalanne.com/mission.html</ref> Along the same lines "stropping is king, honing is queen."<ref> | + | [[Image:Proforma stropping info2.png|thumb|right|200px|Proforma stropping info2.png]]Jack La Lanne has a saying, "Exercise is king, nutrition is queen, put them together and you have a kingdom!"<ref>http://www.jacklalanne.com/mission.html</ref> Along the same lines "stropping is king, honing is queen."<ref>http://straightrazorplace.com/strops/8864-stropping-king.html</ref> Good honing and good stropping are both absolutely necessary for a good straight razor shave, but even a perfectly honed razor by the best expert will not make up for poor stropping technique. |
− | Stropping helps keep a fine, shaving edge on a razor. The most commonly held understanding<ref>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/02/wonder-photos-reveal-unsuspected-facts-about-razor-blades-and-shaving</ref> <ref> | + | Stropping helps keep a fine, shaving edge on a razor. The most commonly held understanding<ref>http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/06/02/wonder-photos-reveal-unsuspected-facts-about-razor-blades-and-shaving</ref> <ref>http://straightrazorplace.com/strops/22461-interesting-article.html</ref> is that stropping knocks oxidation off a razor's edge, removes some metal from it, and realigns it. |
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=== How to hold the razor === | === How to hold the razor === | ||
− | [[Image:Bart+stropping+animated.gif|thumb|right|200px | + | [[Image:Bart+stropping+animated.gif|thumb|right|200px]]Open the razor's handle a full 180 degrees so that it's easier to roll the razor around. Take the tang between your thumb and forefinger. Find the best point to hold the razor so that it will freely flip from side to side. If you have a poor and uncomfortable grip, it slows your stropping speed and you will constantly be trying to compensate for it. |
=== Tighten the strop === | === Tighten the strop === | ||
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== Stropping issues == | == Stropping issues == | ||
− | [[Image:Bart+correct stropping+1024.jpg|thumb|400px | + | [[Image:Bart+correct stropping+1024.jpg|thumb|400px]] Improper stropping can cause a properly sharpened razor to feel duller and/or rougher than it should during the shave. Issues resulting from poor stropping include the following: |
*Uneven feel across the razor's edge - caused by the razor not making good, even contact with the strop throughout the stropping stroke | *Uneven feel across the razor's edge - caused by the razor not making good, even contact with the strop throughout the stropping stroke | ||
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=== Uneven feel === | === Uneven feel === | ||
− | [[Image:Uneven edge.png|thumb|200px | + | [[Image:Uneven edge.png|thumb|200px]] Razor is not making a good, even contact with the strop through the stropping stroke. |
Some parts of blade will be stropped and others will not. | Some parts of blade will be stropped and others will not. | ||
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=== Rolled edge === | === Rolled edge === | ||
− | [[Image:Rolled edge.png|thumb|200px | + | [[Image:Rolled edge.png|thumb|200px]] Bending the razor's edge against the strop with such force that the strop begins to bend the fine edge of the razor away from the blade. |
This can be caused by pressing the blade against the strop too hard. | This can be caused by pressing the blade against the strop too hard. | ||
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;Excessive slowness | ;Excessive slowness | ||
− | :Excessive slowness in the stroke is considered even more counter-productive than too much pressure. For most, a light stroke is much easier to learn than a solid, confident, quick stroke. Many beginners stroked lightly and incorrectly for months, because they were too slow and inconsistent. You do not have to strop in a blur to be effective, but as a general rule, 40 - 60 light strokes per minute gets you much farther and sharper than 10 - 30 strokes per minute.<ref>Taken from [ | + | :Excessive slowness in the stroke is considered even more counter-productive than too much pressure. For most, a light stroke is much easier to learn than a solid, confident, quick stroke. Many beginners stroked lightly and incorrectly for months, because they were too slow and inconsistent. You do not have to strop in a blur to be effective, but as a general rule, 40 - 60 light strokes per minute gets you much farther and sharper than 10 - 30 strokes per minute.<ref>Taken from [http://straightrazorplace.com/members/fatboyslim.html FatboySlim]'s post: http://straightrazorplace.com/strops/32667-common-stropping-mistakes.html#post339770</ref> |
;Lifting the spine | ;Lifting the spine | ||
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− | | colspan="2" | <center>SRP member AFDavis11<ref> | + | | colspan="2" | <center>SRP member AFDavis11<ref>http://straightrazorplace.com/members/AFDavis11.html</ref> demonstrates good stropping from a wide variety of perspectives.</center> |
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− | Forum thread discussion on Alan's two videos can be found [ | + | Forum thread discussion on Alan's two videos can be found [http://straightrazorplace.com/stropping/63531-stropping-video.html here] <!-- == Stropping demonstration videos == |
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− | <tr><td><center>SRP member Seraphim<ref> | + | <tr><td><center>SRP member Seraphim<ref>http://straightrazorplace.com/members/seraphim.html</ref> demonstrates the sights and sounds of good stropping. They are the result of much practice.</center><td><center>Instructional straight razor stropping video</center> |
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=== Videos by ShavedZombie === | === Videos by ShavedZombie === | ||
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− | |+ In these three videos, SRP member ShavedZombie shared how he prepares and uses three different strops made of latigo, horsehide, and bridle leather. <ref>[ | + | |+ In these three videos, SRP member ShavedZombie shared how he prepares and uses three different strops made of latigo, horsehide, and bridle leather. <ref>[http://straightrazorplace.com/members/Shaved%20Zombie.html ShavedZombie] in http://straightrazorplace.com/542532-post19.html</ref> |
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− | |+ At the DFW meetup in August 2009, SRP member Kenrup talked about various aspects of stropping. Ken has a methodical approach to stropping, which he shares in this five-part video series along with his historical insight.<ref>[ | + | |+ At the DFW meetup in August 2009, SRP member Kenrup talked about various aspects of stropping. Ken has a methodical approach to stropping, which he shares in this five-part video series along with his historical insight.<ref>[http://straightrazorplace.com/members/jockeys.html jockeys] in http://straightrazorplace.com/videos/39830-kenrup-tutorials-dialup-users-beware.html#post433214</ref> |
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