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Originally Posted by dave5225
Hey O_S , maybe you're not stropping enough  . I have a Jemico strop with linen on one side , and leather on the other . Before each shave I give the razors 40-50 laps on the linen , and 80-100 on the leather . I hold the strop taught , use a heel to toe " X " pattern , and only use enough pressure on the blade to keep the edge and spine in contact with the strop . |
If I try do an X pattern I am there forever and a day, so I angle the blade so that the whole thing gets stropped at once, it kinda works.
I only have a starter strop so no linen, I will be getting a proper one soon. But I noticed lits of in nicks in the side of my starter one, and it puzzles me how anyone can nick or cut their stop when the razor is going backward on it.