Thread: New Member from Winnipeg MB

Another Winnipeg'er!

Welcome to SRP!

And yes, the SRD Modular paddle strop would be a great first strop. I've made my own over the years, but I might spring for a pre-made one. The paddle will be fine for plain leather stropping and also as a pasted strop to keep your razor up to snuff. The hones can come later if you decide to go that route, or you may wish to send the razors out for honing and just maintain with your pasted strop and or a small barbers hone or some such.

Hanging strop.... Used correctly, they are great, but to start, a paddle strop helps avoid rolling the edge by accident, not to mention a pad is cheaper than replacing a hanging strop if you make an error and cut into the strop. I've done it several times on my first hangers, thankfully a little contact cement let me fix it, but it all depends...

As far as those hanging strops go, SRD strops are a great value and a quality product, from what I hear. I'm looking at one myself, and I already have 4 hanging strops.

By the way, what end of Winnipeg are you in? I'm in the Westwood/Crestview area, West end of Winnipeg.


Regards

Christian