Thread: Watched Lynn Abrams on video and then I made a strop!

I had a lot of fun watching Lynn Abrams on YouTube and learning about stropping. I have been stropping knives for a long time, but not razors. It was fun and informative to learn from him. I then thought, hmmm.... I need a good razor strop. Well he described them so well and showed what he likes, so I was good to go. I had some time between clients this afternoon and was able to get one made. I used some heavy harness leather and two steel D rings. I think it will last a while. I brought it home and stropped two razors and was totally amazed how sharp they became. It is great to learn all this stuff from experienced people here on SRP.


Lynn's video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

A couple of hints on strop making.
The best leather runs along the animal's spine or close to it & the strip is aligned so that you strop with the grain away from you & against the grain on the return.
Also there's no real sharpening effect but there is a smoothing & refinement of the edge.

Originally Posted by onimaru55

A couple of hints on strop making.
The best leather runs along the animal's spine or close to it & the strip is aligned so that you strop with the grain away from you & against the grain on the return.
Also there's no real sharpening effect but there is a smoothing & refinement of the edge.

Thanks very much for the tips. I appreciate them very much.