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Welcome to SRP. I have an old 80,000 and Kanayama are indeed great strops. Very cool to meet the man in person. Now you have fond memories as well as a pair of great strops.

I think using the AframesTokyo method could possibly make the linen become bad and mean ........... :p

+1. But I read some suggestions to wash it and one run through the machine, with a load of clothes, air dry, and it is like butter.

Well that is news to me. Not that I have that much of a finger on the pulse of the wet shaving world, but I think AframesTokyo would be making people aware of that if it is true. OTOH, Naomi San is...

I've read a couple of posts alleging that Naomi san is a one man shop now. I thought he had some family, grown up children, who were assisting in the production ?

I'm glad I tossed mine in the wash the one time before I read that. Not that I'm saying Mr. Aframes is wrong, but my way seems to have worked out well enough without near the effort .......... :)

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That was more or less what I was thinking of doing, but it was so hard, and I didn't use it enough to break it in, so washing it was a chance I took. Now it is just like my vintage linens and I'm...

I've got the washer set on warm. In the past I've washed vintage linens that came lumpy/dirty in a bucket with cold water and Woolite. This worked well enough, but one day I got lazy and washed a...

I've never been one to use a progression of strops. Linen/leather has been my routine. So when I got the suede component I thought it was mighty nice, but I didn't bother with it. Of course just as I...

I have had a 90,000 which I sold because it was too nice to use. :shrug: Regretted that and bought an 80,000 from a friend who thought it was too nice to use. Came with the suede and the separately...

If by 'inconsistent thickness' it is meant that the strop is not the same thickness from one end to the other I have a hard time believing that. If it is meant that it is not the same thickness as...

Personally I don't like the longer strop (90,000). I sold mine because of it and got a standard length 80,000. Reason, all risers on stairs are a standard height. That is why we can go up and down...