03-25-2012, 04:52 AM
The answer is - do what works for you. 
I can't imagine that anyone is against stropping after shaving. Seems strange.
I strop before and after shaving. I have a large straight rotation, and stropping before shaving has become a ritual for me. I think it spruces up the edge, especially as I usually have to wipe oil off the blade before using it.
After shaving, I wipe off the water drops and then strop it on linen and leather to make sure the very edge is dry before I put the razor away.
Doing this treatment has led to excellent shaves and no rust issues on any of my razors. So I'm likely to continue doing this.
Of course, you're free to do as you like.

I can't imagine that anyone is against stropping after shaving. Seems strange.
I strop before and after shaving. I have a large straight rotation, and stropping before shaving has become a ritual for me. I think it spruces up the edge, especially as I usually have to wipe oil off the blade before using it.
After shaving, I wipe off the water drops and then strop it on linen and leather to make sure the very edge is dry before I put the razor away.
Doing this treatment has led to excellent shaves and no rust issues on any of my razors. So I'm likely to continue doing this.
Of course, you're free to do as you like.

03-26-2012, 12:27 AM
Gentlemen,
Stropping before the shave is much like fine tuning something: an engine, a paragraph, a musical composition, a gourmet meal, a . . . Stropping before the shave fine tunes the blade, so to speak. For me, the pattern usually is 30 strokes on canvas and 60 on leather. I always strop before the shave.
I also enjoy stropping.
Stropping after the shave, after the blade has been cleaned and wiped dry is to remove the remaining residue from the blade and ensure it is completely dry. At least that's my purpose for stropping after the shave. My pattern is 10 strokes on canvas and 15 on leather and that does it. A touch of Camellia oil spiked with alcohol keeps my blade happy until the next outing.
Stropping before the shave is much like fine tuning something: an engine, a paragraph, a musical composition, a gourmet meal, a . . . Stropping before the shave fine tunes the blade, so to speak. For me, the pattern usually is 30 strokes on canvas and 60 on leather. I always strop before the shave.
I also enjoy stropping.
Stropping after the shave, after the blade has been cleaned and wiped dry is to remove the remaining residue from the blade and ensure it is completely dry. At least that's my purpose for stropping after the shave. My pattern is 10 strokes on canvas and 15 on leather and that does it. A touch of Camellia oil spiked with alcohol keeps my blade happy until the next outing.
03-28-2012, 03:21 PM
(03-25-2012, 03:21 PM)PanchoVilla Wrote: I don't use a strait much anymore, but I was taught by an old barber that the best reason to strop after your shave was because you wouldn't have to work as much before your next. Made sense to me.
You gotta get back on the horse!!
If you're proficient at stropping, it's not going to hurt the blade so no one should say its a no no. Whether it actually does something other than what we theorize is up for debate but it's not going to hurt. I personally strop after shaving.
05-23-2012, 08:01 AM
(03-26-2012, 12:27 AM)Obie Wrote: Gentlemen,
Stropping before the shave is much like fine tuning something: an engine, a paragraph, a musical composition, a gourmet meal, a . . . Stropping before the shave fine tunes the blade, so to speak. For me, the pattern usually is 30 strokes on canvas and 60 on leather. I always strop before the shave.
I also enjoy stropping.
Stropping after the shave, after the blade has been cleaned and wiped dry is to remove the remaining residue from the blade and ensure it is completely dry. At least that's my purpose for stropping after the shave. My pattern is 10 strokes on canvas and 15 on leather and that does it. A touch of Camellia oil spiked with alcohol keeps my blade happy until the next outing.
I enjoy stropping more than my strop does. My strop's name is Nick.
Learning how to do this (keeping my wrist straight) might prove to be the hardest part of straight razor shaving for me.
06-01-2013, 03:33 AM
Here we are again...
I took this information from the Dovo website:
From this words, I understood that stroping after the shave must be avoid.
I took this information from the Dovo website:
Quote:DOVO straight razors are whetted in the factory for use (whetting on leather by hand). If you own a suitable strop, you should nevertheless take into account that the razor must first "rest" after use. After the razor has been carefully rinsed and dried, it should not be used again for at least 24 - 48 hours because the fine "fin" on the cutting edge straightens up again extremely slowly. If the razor is stropped too soon (or stropped incorrectly by moving it backwards and forwards without turning it over), the "fin" which is necessary for a close shave breaks off.
From this words, I understood that stroping after the shave must be avoid.
06-01-2013, 07:31 AM
(06-01-2013, 05:05 AM)Obie Wrote: Gentlemen, Dovo mixes "stropped too soon" with "stropped incorrectly by moving it backwards and forwards without turning it over" in one sentence with parenthesis and advises resting the blade "at least 24-48" hours. So I roll my eyes, shrug and shuffle off.

Remind me not to buy a Dovo.
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