Bakunin17
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Over the years I've read many ideas about the purpose of stropping with a hanging strop and really none are very clear about the purpose. The purpose of the strop is to maintain the keenness of the razor between shaves.
The purpose of the Linen component of a strop is to SHARPEN the razor's edge, the linen is an abrasive, and 50 passes of the razor will sharpen the razor edge back to the point before use.
The purpose of the Leather component is to smooth and therefore refine the razors edge made " toothy" or minutely jagged by sharpening.
So help me get my head around the purpose of using a hanging strop . lol
The purpose of the Linen component of a strop is to SHARPEN the razor's edge, the linen is an abrasive, and 50 passes of the razor will sharpen the razor edge back to the point before use.
The purpose of the Leather component is to smooth and therefore refine the razors edge made " toothy" or minutely jagged by sharpening.
So help me get my head around the purpose of using a hanging strop . lol