Thread: unsavory strop conditions

1. Find a good spot for stropping and screw one of these into the wall.*



2. Find a good spot for storing the strop. If you don't have a convenient, seldom-used drawer, then screw another eye hook into the wall in an out-of-the-way location.

3. Snap a little carabiner onto your strop's hanging end for easy 'n quick transfer.

* If necessary, learn (or promise to learn) how to fill and camouflage a tiny hole in the wall. Then convince your wife/girlfriend/mother that a tiny hole in the wall is no big deal, in the grand scheme of things.

Good luck!

Or just a screw hook. Easy to hang and take off

I understand EXCACTLY what you're saying. My wife also likes hairspray. Foul, foul stuff, I reckon. She also likes talcum powder. We have FOUR dogs, the Dalmatian is the worse for shedding. I live in a REALLY small house (a cottage really) with a washing machine and clothes dryer in the bathroom. In the bathroom is also the toilet and shower. It gets so moist in the house in Winter, esp with the clothes dryer on that the walls are absolutely wet and dripping with condensation. My strop is hanging (from a carabiner) right where the towels are. It hangs there constantly, and has done for a year.

So, now I've painted that horror picture, while the strop is not in the BEST shape in the world, it works fine. BUT, having said THAT, my new Neil Miler strop is going nowhere NEAR that place, it's going to hang in my bedroom, as my 'Sunday' strop. I've started shaving in my bedroom, with a little table, basin and pitcher set. I INTEND to migrate to shaving in my bedroom all the time over time; but it's a bit cold and dark in the morning in there still to make much of a change now. I say this in response to the statement about the strop 'obviously' hanging in the bathroom. One of the drivers for me to look at changing location was that I wasn't happy with where the strop was hanging, it was not in mint condition; that's for sure.

Of course, taking the strop down and storing between shaves is a valid idea, but have a think about changing location, too. You don't need running water to shave; you may find a change of location refreshing.

Carl

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

I hang my strops but not in the bathroom. I don't want them exposed to the moisture. Since I've never hung them in the bath I don't know if it would have any adverse effects but I can say that hanging them in the hall leading into the bathroom is safe ..... at my house. YMMV.

wouldn't the occasional moisture keep the leather from drying out?

Originally Posted by northpaw

1. Find a good spot for stropping and screw one of these into the wall.*



2. Find a good spot for storing the strop. If you don't have a convenient, seldom-used drawer, then screw another eye hook into the wall in an out-of-the-way location.

3. Snap a little carabiner onto your strop's hanging end for easy 'n quick transfer.

* If necessary, learn (or promise to learn) how to fill and camouflage a tiny hole in the wall. Then convince your wife/girlfriend/mother that a tiny hole in the wall is no big deal, in the grand scheme of things.

Good luck!

thanks everyone the posts showing the hooks(can't believe i forgot those existed) i remembered those sticky wall hooks pull the tab down to get them off works like a charm and no damage to the wall

Originally Posted by Bluerain

wouldn't the occasional moisture keep the leather from drying out?

Leather needs a different sort of moisture, which you supply by rubbing it with your hand. Just a little skin oil. Humidity isn't the same critter. Bathroom humidity could cause the strop to cup because one side will swell more than the other as it hydrates, and in an extreme case you'd end up with a moldy strop. Though you might not notice because you'd always be scraping the fresh mold growth off with your razor, then transferring it to your moist and hospitable face.

I've had my camper strop cup because it hangs right against the wall, which is moist in the winter because any humidity in the camper condenses out against it. Solution? Move the hook about an inch off that wall and allow some airflow.

Originally Posted by roughkype

Leather needs a different sort of moisture, which you supply by rubbing it with your hand. Just a little skin oil. Humidity isn't the same critter. Bathroom humidity could cause the strop to cup because one side will swell more than the other as it hydrates, and in an extreme case you'd end up with a moldy strop. Though you might not notice because you'd always be scraping the fresh mold growth off with your razor, then transferring it to your moist and hospitable face.

I've had my camper strop cup because it hangs right against the wall, which is moist in the winter because any humidity in the camper condenses out against it. Solution? Move the hook about an inch off that wall and allow some airflow.

Hooks in my bedroom high above puppy teeth but thanks for the good info as always

Originally Posted by Bluerain

Hooks in my bedroom high above puppy teeth but thanks for the good info as always

Ah, yes, the dreaded puppy teeth. When I got my Vizsla puppy I had to radically clean up my fly-tying area. The last thing I wanted to do was discourage interest in birdy-smelling things, and the last thing I wanted him to do was eat a $150 cape of hackles. And that was back in 2001, when $150 was WORTH something.

Glad you found a good solution for your strop.

Best wishes

Mine hang on the doorknob on the back of my bedroom door. They seem to cope fine with that