Quote Originally Posted by shaverdude View Post
Hi Kevo,

I recently purchased this strop at Classic Shaving. I am new to stropping so I can't say I can compare this strop to any others. However, I feel one drawback to it, is that it is toonarrow, I would think that a wider strop, like so, would be better.
Hey shaverdude, my advice would be to stick with the strop you have for awhile to really get comfortable with it. The very first strop I purchased was the Dovo Extra Wide and while the leather quality I thought was excellent, I found the wide width matched with the hanging ring that does not span the entire width of the strop meant the strop had a tendency to cup in a concave manner making for poor results. That of course was only my experience, but I prefer a 2 1/2" wide strop much better now. I had to slack the strop a considerable amount to avoid nicking the edges.

I actually had a similar problem with a TM red latigo travel strop since that only had a single grommet in the center. I found it was more prone to nicking the edges of the hanging end which I theororized was due to some cupping.

I now have a horsehide 2 1/2" that Kenrup made and the hanging D ring spans the entire width. I am able to pull the strop taught and don't have the nicking issues I did before.

The difficulties I experienced on the previous two strops could certainly have been due to my inexperience.

Chris L