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    Quote Originally Posted by ShoreBird View Post
    The balsa strop is your least expensive. Contact Larry Andro at WhippedDog.com he got a bunch of us started he can set you up with a CrOx pasted balsa strop for a couple of bucks. I would hold off on getting into heavy duty honing until you get some more experience.
    +1 to what ShoreBird says here. Also, you might try increasing the number of laps when you strop. I typically do 50 webbing/100 leather before I shave, and 25 webbing/50 leather post-shave. That seems to be working for me. But I'd get the pasted balsa from Larry @ WhippedDog for sure.
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