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Forgive my ignorance but when you say "lap" do you mean up and down? As in on lap is a stroke up and a stroke down the strop.

Is your strop a hanging strop with a linen and a leather component or...

Just found the quote function, I thought by "replying" to a post it would show what post I was replying to.

I would normally do 25 round trips before and another 25 after. They would be fairly...

Thanks for your post! How quickly can I dull a blade by stropping poorly? I been reading some of Lynn's guides to stropping and I will practice with a butter knife on my paddle strop (thanks rodb!)...

Is Chromium Oxide a generic type or is it a specific grit size? I have a paddle strop with two leather sides would an abrasive work on one side?

Xtrmln, thanks for the advice. I want that for my razor! I will need to get it re-honed and really focus on my stropping technique.

I only have one razor, Le Dandy is by no means an expensive one from what I can tell but I wanted TI to start, so I'm approaching the point where another hone will mean I've spent more on the hones...

So should I get it re-honed and leave my hone stored for a while? What are the common stropping mistakes? I felt I was using the right technique such as: slow, low pressure, flipping over the spine,...

Unfortunately I don't know anyone who shaves with a straight razor, so I'll have to use more videos for now. I watched gssixguns videos and liked them, but he made everything seem so easy! I've been...

I am becoming quite frustrated with my razor.

I bought it in a bundle online including a badger hair brush, TI Le Dandy razor, TI strop paste (small white tube), and I think an executive-shaving...