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I think there are enough rabbit holes already in this project. Then depending on who you speak to depends on what they refer to as soapstone. The barber I know is about 70 and apprenticed under his...

The main problem is nothing is easily accessible and it is going to be quite costly to amass everything even using modern equivalents. Atm I'm temped to just get true pure chalk from Kremer and use...

Richard a little more of the puzzle today found by chance


Blue colorings have been added to rinse water for centuries, first in the form of powder blue or smalt, or using small lumps of indigo...

Seems all ball clay is not created equal. That in America and England are the finest and the stuff mined in Australia not so much. 1 lady told me today it is quite fine around 200 mesh (7 5 micron...

Richard Wikipedia has been where I have found most of my information going from link to link. Mrs stewards is still available on ebay new. My idea was to stick as close to original as it removes the...

More research and from the 16th century through to beginning of the 18th century seems white soap was a vegetable soap make from olive oil and was also known as castile soap. Stone blue also makes me...

Thanks. Very seriously modified. The gum of the period also seems likley to have been a powder or flakes and that would be why it needed dissolving and straining. The eco flo is an already re...

if I have it right you have made both of these individually. To the first you added soap and to the second you added the gum and the stone blue. If this is correct only the second has glue in it that...

Thanks Richard. At this point the ball clay might be the hardest part to track down. They seem to come in various mixtures as it isn't a pure clay but a mix and everything I have seen so far is for...

Richard this is fantastic thanks very much. The tallow or white soap did you use body or shaving soap for this. I think this is going to be bigger than I originally thought but I suppose once done I...

Richard that looks very sImilar to mine without the paste. Is that after yours was cleaned or was it originally like that. Mine doesn't actually mention a country of origin just brands

True talc is less abrasive than chalk. From memory talc is pretty much the lowest on the mohs scale

So since I am looking to do this I thought I would do it right anf find a pure powder to apply to the strop. Kremer Pigments has calcium carbonate that is 99.6 percent pure. My question is will the...

Pithor I have just gotten some tube webbing last week so I might play with this and if all goes well apply to the strop. Cheers

Neil it doesn't state that it is linen but it is exactly the same as a Irish linen that I have except that the Irish linen isn't coated and is white by itself. I assumed and may be wrong that from...

Thanks for all the replies. Geezer I had finished touching up the srstrop by the stage I took the picture but it really didn't need much. Guess I will have to give it a shot and see how it goes. ...

Thanks Geezer that gives me a bit more of an idea what might have original been in it. Neil it is a dubl duck linen. It was a silk finish one and was completely white but was a bot dirty and the...

Finally goty dubl duck strop and have separated the linen and leather. I soaked the linen same as normal aand today cave it a scrub with a nylon brush to get the dirt off. This strop seems to have...