Thread: When to start stropping ....

Yes sorry about the speed just go slow, like a second and a half there and a second and a half back would even be fine. Remember very light touch, and make sure the spine is in contact at all times (in the event you don't keep the blade flat, better the spine and not the edge rather than the edge and not the spine....)

Originally Posted by khaos

Lol I first read this and I thought "What a quandary is posed us by this guy". Strop and ruin the edge, or shave and ruin the edge. Lol. The butter knife is a great idea but most of all go slow. Slow and steady and LOTS of concentration.

No matter how much I stropped it, I never managed to get the butter knife sharp enough to shave well. Not sure what I'm doing wrong ...

I stropped the butter knife, then the razor, and the razor does seem sharper. All of the instructions y'all have given are very helpful - thanks!