Quote Originally Posted by Lazarus View Post
blockhead

Similar tastes indeed. You say you are getting ready to work on some strops? Get this, I have a beautiful old belting leather briefcase I never use anymore and I have been eying it and thinking "hey that old belting leather might make some nice strops". So basically I am thinking about destroying a briefcase that cost around $800 twenty years ago to make some strops that could be purchased for around $50-$60. It concerns me a bit that this strikes me as perfectly reasonable. I welcome opinions as to the lunacy or brilliance of such a course of action.
Don't do it. I can't imagine that an old strop is better then a new one, so why destroy some history? If it was $800 20 years ago, what would that equate to today?

Take a look at razors. We all search for vintage blades and get excited when you stumble upon a good find. What makes the really good find? When we find an old razor that was a "high" end model. Basic law of supply and demand says that there will be more inexpensive razors around then the expensive ones. The same is probably true for briefcases, huh?

If you are ready to part with it, try selling it and then use the funds to buy a new strop. I highly recommend the bridle strop from SRD. I love the way that thing feels.