How many times do you strop?

How many times do you strop on leather and linen/cotton/canvas for your daily stropping?

I was doing 30 webbed/ 60 leather, but have since went down to 20/40 and still seem to be ok so far.


I've seen numbers all over the place, so how about a poll to see what is most popular.

30 linen/ 60 leather

About ten cursory laps on the linen to clean the edge and then fifty on the leather.

Normally I do a 25/30 spread just before the shave and 20 on leather only, after.

25-30 on linen, 60-70 on latigo, 25-30 on horsehide.
And another 25-30 on linen after shaving to dry the edge.

you do so much passes before every shaving??
i just do 8-15 on pure leather before shaving and this works pretty fine.

I depends on the steel. If it is normal steel 50 laps on leather. If it is my TI c135 I will do about 80 laps on the leather.


Take Care,
Richard

After a fresh honing on Japanese naturals 75 on latigo strop only.

After fresh honing on coticules 50 linen and 75 horsehide.

After each shave 50 linen 75 horsehide.





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60x on linen, 60x on leather.

azmark said:

After a fresh honing on Japanese naturals 75 on latigo strop only.

After fresh honing on coticules 50 linen and 75 horsehide.

After each shave 50 linen 75 horsehide.





Making it public that you have a serious OCD problem...........priceless

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30/50 Linen/Leather

25-30 leather only, before and after. I can't figure out why you'd need 100+ laps total. I'd be too tired to shave.

Aprox 30/50 canvas/leather

About 20/60 canvas/leather for me.

Before shaving, 50 on leather. No need for canvas or linen unless it has just been honed. Occasionally I hit the pasted paddle with 50 laps and then the leather with 50. After shave, 10 laps just to make sure that the edge is dry.

Normal routine, 10 on linen after each shave and 30/50 linen/leather before each shave.

20-30 linen, 40-60 leather works for me

Lot's of different replies.

It's cool to see all of the differences in people's routines.

sicknote said:

you do so much passes before every shaving??
i just do 8-15 on pure leather before shaving and this works pretty fine.

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thubbard76 said:

25-30 leather only, before and after. I can't figure out why you'd need 100+ laps total. I'd be too tired to shave.

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I like to strop.

50-60 linen, 50 leather