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It is! It had years of good use. You could tell owner had a good technique, as it had very even wear patterns. I just had to rehydrate a little and loosen the fibers with the screwdriver shaft.
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Very nice strop!

At that point is when I use the screwdriver shaft to soften up and smoothout the leather further. Euclid's rolling pin trick is cool too! Reminds me Naomi-san's indusrial roller.303057

Sorry tried to rotate but it did not happen. Lol!

Two more I can add on, first my no frills but still good for a travel strop. A O.V.B. double leather 2" hanging strop with handles.302180302180
Second one is a nice vintage Craftsman, one side is...

I thought so just was not sure. I have seen only three of those, two from L.A. and the other one slips my mind but I do remember it was not L.A. and not certyfied. Thanks sharptonn!

I have wondered what the difference between the two as well(700 and 700c). I have seen a red imp that did not have cyrtified but a Los Angeles barber supply stamp instead. Does anybody know anything...

Some nice Red Imp strops sold this past few days. Did anybody here score them, they looked like they were in very nice condition. Was hoping a member here had scored at least one of them. They were...

That is one sweet collection of vintage strops! Simply stunning! Thank you for sharing!

Way freaking Coooool! That is bad a**! To me sometimes it it those little things that make things so much more special. Nice job Alex! and Euclid440 has helped me many times with his posts. I have...

Nice, it even has Naomi stamped on it! I have not seen that before or realized he did that. Great find! Thank you for posting that very nice strop.

Love those Japanese strops! Very nice gentlemen, very nice. I like finding the old vintage ones in good shape and bringing them back to life. To me it is very satisfying rehabing them and using them...

Gabriel you can see the quality in your work. Very Nice! Keep it up! Saludos!

You do it like this. I got this idea from Pablo from another forum before it went under. I tried the bottle trick but found two thing I did not like. One is the bottle must be perfectly smooth, free...

One thing i would like to add is for rehabind a stiff old strop that worked well is a five inch round stock phillips screwdriver of good quality that has been heat treated, then finished to a 400...

This is getting better and better! Very nice strop gentlemen! Come on guys post your vintage strops. I think we are all learning someting, keep them coming! Thank you

Here are the pics from the secondary pieces. Can you guys post pics of the secondary please. So many different types it's cool to see those too! 284891284892

The more the better, anybody is welcome and encouraged! Love those vintage strops!

I would like to add that the 44-20 Russion 505 is very thick too. It is only about half a mm(.020) less thick than my Red Imp 700c. Verry nice strop if you come across one. It also has nice second...

Sharpton we think alike, I like my vintage strops alot and do prefer to use them. The Kanayama to me would be like icing on the cake. I realy don't need it but I just want it.
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I'm with you on that Sharpton, I mainly use the horse hide on my wedges or heavier grinds, I like the heavier draw on them even though it is not much different it does seem to lend itself for those...

Learner, from what I understand shell is the layer of muscle under the skin(leather). So horse hide is any other part of the horse. In the shell part they actually scrape the leather off to reveal...

Thanks guys, but I would like to thank you and SRP for the knowlege I have gained in what to look for and what to avoid. There is a wealth of knowlege and outstandingly good people in here.
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Here is my collection of four vintage shell strops and two horse hide. I am hoping it can help people that want a vintage one but are not sure what brands are good.284767284768284769 these have...