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Mink oil and a bunch of palm-rubbing for me.
Some may manage the neetsfoot. I seem to always overdo it! ;)

Thanks, David! There were tool-gouges in the Pelican as shown in the 2nd pic.
Some attempted ones in the K3000.
I lightly sanded forever watching closely. The actual 'shell' is some tough stuff....

I suppose I should post a few I have recently worked-on for several days.
Pretty rough as-beginning...

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Turned-up sweet. The Pelican has fabric, the K3000, suede.
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That's it....Think I might have a Jatco. I will look.
Stick a magnet on that clamp. Bet it is plated steel?

AFAIK, the hardware you speak of is unique to Naomi-San's strops.
I have some in steel.

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Let's see yours?

I know! Some bidness to wrap up next week and I will give you a shout!;)

Wolfpack uses starch. I never have.
If you stop and let dry, test in between boilings. you can get it like you want.
Lotsa that chalky waxy stuff in them.

They did that back in the day. Now, it makes a mess.

An old saucepan you don't care about. Roll it up and put it in . Boiling water, laundry detergent.
Boil awhile, take it out and scrape it off...

It had some yucky fabric. If it had been another brand it would not have garnered half of that, IMO. Still, hard to see them in that condition.

This one sold for 255.00 just now......

They had quite the lineup, eh?
Betcha that is from the 60's at most. Would be nice to have seen those in person!

When was that, Mark?

I am wondering about thickness of each?

I have seen several with the Red Imp logo on top and a barber's supply stamped on bottom.
Just like razors..Stamped for the seller.

Interesting! Could we get a few shots of yours?

Might be...All I have seen are model 700C?

Just went and looked. A nice one with dirty secondary is going for 130 bucks.
On the Red Imps....I had one, it was alright. Reminded of bridle. Horsehide?
Definitely not shell horsehide I...

The strop-wrappers are in English. I already put the strops away. I will find a picture.
Extolling Certifyd strops. Picture of a Red Imp razor and shears. Clear wrapper. Blue printing. I have seen...

Otay, from down in the vaults, here are 5 .
One has another 'Certifyd' variation on the bottom. Naomi is there.
4 are stamped for suppliers. Fisher, Koken, and Popo ( a Japanese domestic supplier)...

Oh, but yours is a Llama, Austin! The Kintaka definitely has the hardware.
Still, The old guy made strops for a very long time. Even before, I understand it was a family business. Just like...

Sweet line-up, Austin! :tu
That Certifyd stamp really got around, eh? :D

Not saying he made them all, but Kanoyama had a Certifyd stamp. Llama was one of his brands as well.
A few NOS ones I...

That's for sure. I meant to type 9/2/41 on mine.

If this is true, mine is dated a few months before Pearl Harbor and Tc's a few months after.

Nice strops! I had not seen the 'New Soft75' before? What does that mean?

So on Yamamoto's old strops. He must have been a character.
I had Arsenico translate what was on the original...

On the secondaries, you got me there on some of mine.
The waxy stuff they put on some was yucky.(Like my pen! :rolleyes:)
Extended boiling in oxyclean and some bleach. Many water changes.
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Indeed Mr Tc. You have to treat them right!