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I've thought about doing this before, but making a paddle strop out of it and adding a thin layer of foam rubber between the wood and leather to kind of strengthen it up. Don't know how well it would...

Yes! We need more animals for making stops!

I think the date code for it was 1958. I'll have to check again when I get home. I do know that it is a fantastic shaver.:)

If you find a porpoise strop, let me know. That's next on my list of exotic strops.;)

I gave it a quick wipe with a damp cloth to get most of the surface dirt off and then went with some saddle soap and a soft horse hair brush. After it dried I used a tiny amount of mink oil to soften...

Just a quick update. I cleaned the seal strop and gave it a small amount of 100% mink oil and tried it out today. Took several strokes to get used to how slick it was, nothing like my latigo. Gave a...

It would be awesome if it was seal leather(I know they made them). I have the feeling, though, that it is one of the strops that were made of cow or horse hide and prepped/tanned using seal fat.

Over the weekend I went hunting the junk shops and came away with two strops, a Gillette Flair Tip, a Levering Razor Co The "Artist" straight without scales, a 4x2 soft Arkie and a mini anvil; all...