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I started straight razor shaving not too long ago and I bought a cheap strop to start. Now I am in need of a better strop but I'm in a pretty tight budget. I saw strop that isn't too expensive and looks to be pretty good, it's a 3" "Big Daddy" leather strop. Has anyone heard of it and is it a decent buy?
There are plenty of reviews on here and a number of blokes using them. From all accounts a decent strop for the price. Good luck
I only recently made it a PIF after a couple years of use. It was a good buy when I bought mine a few years back. A fast and rather slick strop to use. but it surely does the job. Just keep it tight when stropping.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nickayl
YMMV
~Richard
+1 to what Richard says...It is a very decent strop for a rather inexpensive price. I have one and it works quite.
I do believe that is my workhorse.
my 1st & main strop for about a year & a half is a big daddy with the felt no problems with it, but I haven't used any other bought strop really apart from a brief stint with a Illinois I refurbeb & gifted to the Son in-law
Note there is breaking in required with them thats all
my 2nd is a DIY Roo strop works great to
I've owned a big daddy with English bridle and felt for about a year now. I love the felt, but I can't say I'm a big fan of the English bridle. My other strop is a basic SRD strop with Latigo. Between the two, I much prefer the Latigo over the bridle. The bridle just feels too grabby (heavy draw) for me and it's very stiff. Maybe I haven't broken it in right or something.
Either way, it is a very well constructed strop, and the felt is a winner in my book. At some point, I'd like to get a piece of their replacement leather... only this time, I'll go with the Latigo.
I saw somewhere that the felt on the "Big Daddy" wasn't all that great. What are it's draw backs, if there are any?
Haven't heard that myself. If there are any drawbacks, I haven't experienced any. Fit/finish is great and it performs as I expect it to.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nickayl
How does the felt work with pastes?
I use the felt as is. I prefer to keep any paste away from my strops. I would imagine felt would work well for pastes though, just not my preference.
For pastes, I made myself a paddle strop of sorts, using strips of denim. I cut up some 8x3 strips of it, attached magnetic tape/roll to the back of it, and another onto the wooden paddle. This way I can swap out the denim pieces which have different pastes on them. Have one with crox,irox, and TI paste. It works pretty well and only cost about $5 for the piece of wood that I made into a handle... and an old pair of jeans...