So, I'm new to straight razors by just a week or so, and while I've gotten good shaves from the get go, I may have badly damaged my strop.
I was trying to execute the X pattern that you're supposed to use when your blade is longer then your strop is wide, and I was in a groove and got going pretty fast. But as the X reached the far end of the blade, away from the tang, the strop rolled slightly and the blade slipped off. It was going in the right direction, and I wasn't using much pressure at all, but there is a barely visible finer than hairline slice on a section of the strop.
How bad is this? Do I need a new strop now? I would post a picture, but without a better camera and quality lighting you wouldn't be able to see it. Running my finger over it I can't feel it at all. Will it damage my edge?
I was trying to execute the X pattern that you're supposed to use when your blade is longer then your strop is wide, and I was in a groove and got going pretty fast. But as the X reached the far end of the blade, away from the tang, the strop rolled slightly and the blade slipped off. It was going in the right direction, and I wasn't using much pressure at all, but there is a barely visible finer than hairline slice on a section of the strop.
How bad is this? Do I need a new strop now? I would post a picture, but without a better camera and quality lighting you wouldn't be able to see it. Running my finger over it I can't feel it at all. Will it damage my edge?