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[โ€“] gcgallant@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Are you still going stropless?

[โ€“] djundjila@sub.wetshaving.social 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but I made it back to home base after almost 4 weeks of travelling today, and I think I might strop for tomorrow's morning shave. I'm curious about the difference!

[โ€“] walden@wetshav.ing 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In this case would you do extra stropping, or just the normal amount of stropping?

In my limited experience, stropping has diminishing returns really quickly. After 10 or so laps, I don't feel any progress, so I just did my usual roughly 8-12 laps, and the edge got notably smoother than yesterday.