Do you strop your Schick SE razors?

Discussion in 'Safety Razors' started by Rusty blade, Jan 22, 2017.

  1. Rusty blade

    Rusty blade The Good Humor Man

    I am referring specifically to my Schick Type G razor. I recently started stropping the razor...and by this I mean running the razor on my jeans in a stropping motion. I do this either pre or post shave. No, I don't remove the blade to strop. Yes, the blade remains in the razor...and yes, I only strop it in one direction. I notice after having done this for a while now that it extends the life of the blade by many shaves. How many you may ask? Well, if I wasn't so darn lazy I would do a more precise comparison and be able to give you a good answer. :(

    Just wondering if anyone else out there strops their Schicks?
     
  2. Redfisher

    Redfisher Doesn't celebrate National Donut Day

    Not exactly but I always give it a couple wipes on the towel in a semi stropping motion... just want to clean it off.
     
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  3. Shave7

    Shave7 Active Member

    Stropping to be effective must be done on both sides of the blade. Besides even if possible, stropping a Schick injector seems to me to be overkill and certainly was never recommended by Schick.

    But if it works for you, do it. It would not work for me.
     
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  4. spidey9

    spidey9 Well-Known Member

    All I've ever accomplished by stropping any modern multi-faceted stainless steel blade was to turn a sharp blade into a dull one.

    --Bob
     
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  5. Edwin Jagger Loyalist

    Edwin Jagger Loyalist Active Member

    I sometimes strop on my arm just to get the water off of it, I also blow on it to remove water. Stropping it on jeans could work though, particularly since those blades are thicker and more like a straight edge.
     
  6. swarden43

    swarden43 "It's your shave. Enjoy it your way."©

    I always hand strop my DE and SE blades. Never stropped an injector blade.
     
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  7. Linuxguile

    Linuxguile dating an unusual aristocrat

    I did some denim stopping with carts and it seemed to extend the blade life and make for a smoother shave.
     
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  8. Robyflexx

    Robyflexx Broke the Like button

    Never
     
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  9. Billyfergie

    Billyfergie The Scottish Ninja

    :signs011:

    Billy..:chores016:
     
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  10. Jayaruh

    Jayaruh The Cackalacky House Pet

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    I also hand strop my DE and SE blades. Never stropped an injector blade.
     
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