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I should have thought more kindly of Naomi-san...I got the metal piece in the post today, unrequested and unpaid. A truly kind man...

Tell me, in the picture on Rasurpur it looks like the fabric...

Well guys, I talked to Naomi-san about this again, and I have some good news.

After my first question on this matter, he seemed to realize that it was kind of a problem, so he went ahead and...

The "canvas" isn't like any fabric I know. It's STIFF. Far stiffer than the leather. I haven't notice any tendency toward curling, but I understand the concern. I'll pass on the request.

No, I think someone else buys the strops to their own specifications, and then sells to Rasurpur...Naomi told us he's never sold to anyone in Europe, to his knowledge, but he does have some people...

Rasurpur sells something outside of this main line of strops...I'm not sure at all. I think they are supplied through a third party, because not even the maker seems to know about them...but it's...

Hello gentlemen, I've talked to Kanoyama about this. Apparently, the traditional use of the linen in Japan is just to remove oils from the blade. So the linen gets much less use than the leather,...

Hey Ray, sorry I missed this.

No, it doesn't. I'm thinking he's assumed that people in apartments where you aren't allowed to drive hooks in the wall won't be buying a lot of these. What I did...

Nope. I'll ask him though, I'm kind of struggling with a good solution. Maybe a nice silk cord woven by the emperor's virgin niece? ;)



You know, I actually thought about that...then I was at...

Guys, I got one of these strops that Scottlp of Rasage Poulin (where these will be stocked) mentioned in the Kanoyama thread I put up. This is really and truly the top of the line in the Kanayama...