Thread: Could someone please explain to me the difference between half hollow and full hollow

Steve, I have copy pasted a portion of your comments below. I don't think I explained correctly what I have. Here is a link to the paddle strop I purchased. It is a Thiers Issard paddle strop.

Special Extra Large Double Sided Leather Paddle Strop: Rasage Poulin Fine Shaving and Grooming Products: Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Generally speaking, you don't see 'real' strops with two different kinds of leather. You see one kind of leather, and sometimes a fabric strop attached.

If by "the coarse leather" you mean the rough side on the back of the regular leather strop, DON'T DO IT!!! You'll probably wreck your edge.

No, that isn't what it is or what I meant. The paddle has two sides with one piece of leather on each side. If you go to the link I pasted and look at the picture, the black leather is what I refer to as the courser leather. The other side is a lighter color and is a much smoother grained leather.

Chris in Red Deer

Those are all good quality products from reputable vendors. (I had forgotten about different leathers on some paddle strops, as I always use a hanging strop)

Since a proper stropping seems to have cured your issue, then you're all set. My only suggestion is to keep doing what you're doing, read more of the wiki anyway (one of the only useful wikis I've ever encountered other than wikipedia) and keep up the sense of humor.

Actually, one other piece of advice. Find better liquor. Tequilla is to good liquor what the Mach 3 is to shaving. lol

You bet Steve!

Chris