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Ed. Tried the bench strop last night (too hat here, couldn't sleep, had to do something). Didn't work the way I thought it would. Re thinking, probably need a bit of padding under the denin and the...

This is off topic but still on topic - strops. I am beside myself with delight, almost joy. I have just won an eBay auction for a strop labeled Russia Razor Strop. Whats so great about that you say....

And the occasional man.

Unfortunately I already know what fabrics are out there. One of my past lives was to work for a few years in a large chain fabric store. When I started you almost never saw a male working on the...

Ed, one step at a time. I had to fit it in with about six things I'm almost doing at once. And tomorrow I am running a small fabric shop for the day that a friend of mine owns because her husband has...

Ed, finally got around to working on one of the ideas for a quick and dirty strop. Went with a paddle approach for this first one. Took a piece of particle board 3/8 thick x 2-3/4 x 23 long. Put...

Bombay, some mornings I feel I even predate time itself. Today was the invention of widget #246398599. That one automatically cleans your partials and sings Dixie to you while it cleans.

By the...

To bombay, I am so old I wa there when they invented linen.
To 10pups, there will always be a str8 user who would delight in different colored strops. Think pink for our lady shavers.
To edhewitt,...

Ed, denim strop? Does this give a better edge than leather and linen? I'm a fabric artist with a closet full to overflow of fabric bought cheap when I worked part time at a fabric store. I lot of...