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When the honing is completed, wipe the oil from the blade and strop 

 the razor on the prepared leather strop, holding it flat upon the strop, 

 and pushing it, back foremost, along the strop, at the same time draw- 

 ing it from heel to point for its full length, as shown in Fig. 204. Then 

 turn it on its back and repeat the process for the other side. The strop- 

 ping should be done quite briskly, but with gentle pressure, and should 

 be continued until the razor readily cuts a hair. If a razor needs honing 

 on a stone, it is waste of time to try to give it a proper edge on the 

 strop without first honing it. 



