Thread: i should've been more careful.

so i got my first hone and decided to see what kind of a difference it would make on the razor i have. i honed it, stropped with the green paste stuff and then plain leather stroped (i hope that was the correct order to do it in). an it did work a bit better. great.

but i got greedy and decided i would do it again to see if it would bee even better for the next shave (plus i had nothing better to do ) so it was all going well until the last swipe on my leather strop. i got clumsy after the away stoke and when i pulled back the razor it caught into the leather strop and sliced half way through it, literally. so now i need to buy a new strop. i think i can salvage what is left and i am going to try and mount it on a piece of wood like my green paste strop. still. i can't believe it.

i am stropless for the time being.
i should be able to make due though.
hopefully this isn't common.

That sucks man. I have nicks all over my starter strop. This is just part of the learning curve and things will improve as you get more experienced.

You may be able to get the strop back using rubber cement.
http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...tml#post110250

I nicked my strop 3 times in the first 10 minutes.
Problem is, it was never while stropping. Every time I had a razor in the other hand and wanted to do something (see the other side of the strop, put it down...).

so i think i saved it. instead of trying to repair it i cut off the handle and cut it where i sliced it. i then took a 3inch by 13inch piece of wood and screwed a piece of dowel on each end. then i stretched the remaining piece of the strop across the dowels with some leather shoe lace so i could adjust the tension. it works really well but it does look pretty crude. so at least i still have a strop so i can wait a bit and shop for the right one, though now that i found the vendors corner here i don't think it will be hard to find one

Nice job on the repair!

As long as it works, I wouldn't worry about how it looks. And as you said, this will give you time to look around and decide on your next strop.