I give good advice. The problem is that sometimes I don't take it. It's 1AM and I'm stropping razors after honing up a whole bunch. That can be a very bad idea. After performing the same "blade first" motion several hundreds of times on the hones, it can be hard to switch gears and go into the "spine first" motion required for stropping. "Muscle memory" is a bitch. Unfortunately, I am quite good at honing and on one stroke I forgot to turn the razor around - needless to say I soon had an irreparable slice across my strop.
Now had I been using my traditional $65 hanging strop, I would have been quite angry with myself. Fortunately, I was using my Magnetic StropBox system with a leather StropTop. While I wasn't happy about slicing my StropTop in half, at a retail price of $19.95 (and since I manufacture them I get a bit of a discount) I can only get so upset with myself. I simply pulled off the damaged Leather StropTop and placed a new one on the box. The whole operation took about three seconds. Although afterwards, I did take a bit of a break to get my mind into stropping, rather than honing, mode. Now I am happily stropping away on my newly replaced Leather StropTop.
If you haven't already done so, why don't you take a look at the Magnetic StropBox system? It's what I use to finish and maintain the razors I send all over the world. You will still be annoyed if you cut into your Leather StropTop, but there's a whole world of difference between being $19.95 annoyed and $65 furious.
Now had I been using my traditional $65 hanging strop, I would have been quite angry with myself. Fortunately, I was using my Magnetic StropBox system with a leather StropTop. While I wasn't happy about slicing my StropTop in half, at a retail price of $19.95 (and since I manufacture them I get a bit of a discount) I can only get so upset with myself. I simply pulled off the damaged Leather StropTop and placed a new one on the box. The whole operation took about three seconds. Although afterwards, I did take a bit of a break to get my mind into stropping, rather than honing, mode. Now I am happily stropping away on my newly replaced Leather StropTop.
If you haven't already done so, why don't you take a look at the Magnetic StropBox system? It's what I use to finish and maintain the razors I send all over the world. You will still be annoyed if you cut into your Leather StropTop, but there's a whole world of difference between being $19.95 annoyed and $65 furious.
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