O.K. Here is my story on how the stropping of the blades went......first I stopped the Feather carbon and the vintage Valet SS blades 50 times each......with the suede strop Joe made up..............up and down was a one count.
Stropped carbon blade made no noticeable difference, could not get through half side of my face.
Stropped Valet SS blade their was a noticeable difference, finished off the rest of my shave........but towards the end of the first pass it was pulling and tugging.........did not want to do a second pass...
So I finished up a second pass with it reloaded with the Gem blade......DFS
I we'll ship off the razor to cpacamper today or tomorrow, summery to follow........
Stropped carbon blade made no noticeable difference, could not get through half side of my face.
Stropped Valet SS blade their was a noticeable difference, finished off the rest of my shave........but towards the end of the first pass it was pulling and tugging.........did not want to do a second pass...
So I finished up a second pass with it reloaded with the Gem blade......DFS
I we'll ship off the razor to cpacamper today or tomorrow, summery to follow........