Thread: Balsa vs Felt

Wow! Thanks All.
Lots of interesting points. Guess it just comes down to the old shell out the cash and spend the time playing to determine differences.
The main point for me is that here in The Land Down Under i can buy enough balsa for a strop for about $2. So far i have not found a local supplier for strop quality felt so that means spending about $20 US and shipping it over. Done that for a test strop. So methinks that economics will win unless i feel a real difference... i do not want to even consider the differences in steels, heat treat, etc amongst various razors.
Thanks for the feedback.
Adam

I really like this idea of yours: "Create your own science." Could even be knighted with CYOS!

Originally Posted by earcutter

You know... this stuff just kills me lol. I love absolutes . I demand absolutes. Science!! Give me facts! All this "I feel," "you feel" is just crazy voodoo and a ploy to get me to buy more stuff to try lol!! What's a guy like me who's just starting to think when two gents like this differ in opinion lol??

But then it dawns on me. The reason that straights are so much fun is because in this world of sterile science and absolutes... there be voodoo in honing a straight lol. And I do get to buy other stuff and give it a try and... ultimately creating my own science lol.

Thank goodness lol!!