Thread: First Strop

ok, I know Im buying a Tony Miller strop. My question is do I go for the Red Latigo with Linen or cotton ? Or the Horse Hide with Linen or cotton? I will be buying the practice strop as well.

Email Tony. He's really good about answering questions...

Horsehide has less draw. You won't be sorry with construction no matter what. I prefer a little more draw and would probably like the latigo better, but that is personal choice. I can't say about the cloth as I only have the linen and it seems to do well. I own the buffed horsehide/linen 3" and use it mostly for the full hollow blades I have.

-Rob

there is a thread here somewhere that Tony discusses the differences, as stated red latigo has more draw then horsehide even though horsehide is more expensive, I got red latigo and find it a great all around strop, I have what I believe is a old and cheaper horsehide strop and the draw on it is very light I sometimes use it for a finishing strop after the red latigo or else sometime I use it on razors I know have just been honed and don't need much stropping but usually only the first time, my main strop the red latigo has a linen backing I don't there is a whole lot of difference between linen and cotton as far as performance at all.

I have the 2-1/2" Artisan red latigo with linen . It's all the strop I need , and works fine on all my razors .

Im leaning toward the 3' Latigo with just the cotton back from Tony Miller.

He actually answered a few questions for me in private, What a guy to actually steer me away from his most expensive strop and actually put me on to something that will work just as well for a lot less . As a newb you almost could believe anything you read or hear and I would have easily spent $130 on a strop if he said I needed one.