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vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks agoDo you ever strop dull gem blades? Is that a thing?
Comment on Thanks for the help with the 1912 boot sale find
vext01@lemmy.sdf.org 5 weeks agoDo you ever strop dull gem blades? Is that a thing?
walden@sub.wetshaving.social 4 weeks ago
Stropping the new blade would only serve to knock down some of the coating that’s added to the edge… PTFE and whatever else. Once it’s dull, stropping won’t really make it sharper. Stainless steel is harder than carbon steel, which is what all old blades were made of (and a lot of new straight razors). When you see strops for gem blades, wedge blades, and whatever else used to be sold, it’s because of the carbon steel.
Hope that makes sense.