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Garos Goods - 21 3/4" overall. Model: GGSS101. 3" wide embossed brown cow hide leather strop with suede back side. 1/8" thick. Workable area measures 14 3/8" x 3". Stainless finger bar handle and hanging ring.

Basically it seems like just a strip of leather with bars attached to it. The smooth side is pretty smooth, the rough aide pretty rough. I wanted 3 inches so I could minimize the diagonal motion.

It was folded into a bag but doesn't seem to be creased too badly. It'll straighten when you pull it tight. If I leave it hanging it'll straighten out okay.

Originally Posted by Marshal

Off the wall question, but have you done any 'prep' work to your strop yet?Took me a while to stumble across it, but I saw one this forum that it helps to condition it before use. To do this, you wet the strop with a bit of shave soap, wrap some 600 grit sand paper around a glass bottle, and run it over the strop a little. Not so much you wear the color off it, but enough to give it a nice grippy feel. My strop is getting a bit burnished, might be time to retreat it now that I think about it.

That is a new one. Have heard of lather and a glass bottle but not wrapped in wet and dry. Id be careful with the wet and dry as it can contaminate the strop with grit. Most times if using the bottle rub technique you are actually smoothing the strop out its the lather that adds draw

I am not sure about my stropping. I watched videos but I am not sure how I'm doing. I am concerned there is a spot that is scratching me. Don't get me wrong I don't think my technique is perfect but I wasn't getting scratches with the straight too bad and it seem all I was gritting was about an inch or so from the toe. I don't see any flaws. I also don't know what to look for at this level.

Are you getting scratches on the strop or your face or the blade? And if issue is the strop a pic of the strop would help. I am not familiar with your strop at all.

My wife looked at it and said it has a nick in the blade. I was getting nicks on my face more than usual. They seemed to be from the same spot relative to the blade. I believe it happened when I was rinsing it. I think I touched the faucet.

Thankfully, I have lifetime honing on this one.