Thread: SOTD Sep 17 - Sep 23

Originally Posted by mparker762

After the shave I rubbed it down vigorously with mink oil and it looks like it might draw ok now, I'll see how it goes tomorrow.

Michael,

I did the same with my strop from Tony. I notice that mink oil does improve the draw significantly! I have to reapply once in a while...

No shave to report today.

Cheers
Ivo

My old bismark and illinois strops only ever needed the Fromm dressing, but this handamerican strop uses a very hard smooth leather. One other difference is that I used my old strops for years with my knives so they were well broken in by the time I put a razor to them. I love the handle on this strop, its a big steel loop with a leather pad on it for extra comfort while pulling.

Michael, I made 3 different strops from Hand American leather. A paddle, and 2 hangers. Two I made with Keith's Red Latigo which came with some kind of lubricant all ready on the leather, so I left it alone, no dressing. It has a decent draw.

The second I made of black leather which was very smooth and dry. I gave that a rub with Dovo Strop Paste (yellow). That helped, but the leather is stiff.

I'm just going to use them for awhile and let them break-in slowly. I figure as long as they are not hurting the edge, then the razor and the strop will work together. The razor being aligned by the strop and the strop being bronken in by the razor.