"Steve Walker" wrote in message
...
On 16/05/2016 08:14, Dex wrote:
Been stropping my Mach 3 blade for 9 months now with a pair of jeans and
getting a good shave, as stropping like that only does one side what
could I use to strop the other sides?

The annoying thing is that on a TV programme years ago, where people were invited to
present their "inventions" and the patent lawyers worked through them, someone
converted the drive from a battery drill to drive a drum to "strop" such blades. He too
found that he could greatly extend their life. The patent lawyers said that he could
take it no further, as one of the razor companies had patents that covered any such
device.


But there's no real difference there, to a stropping wheel as used
on a bench grinder for chisels.

Which have probably existed in one form or another ever since
wheels were used for sharpening things like swords etc.

michael adams

....