Thread: What do you do to fix your nicks?

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Seeing as it usually only affects the last few inches of stropping surface, or about the last 4-6" of strop we could start a business selling rolled strop dispensers, like paper towel roll holders, so you could cut off the end of the strop and just pull out a bit more from the dispenser which would effectively form the anchor point for the strop. Alternatively lefty and Righty stroppers could pair up and swap strops when their affected areas got too bad. Or we could buy em up cheap and make em into paddle strops and sell them back to the bozo sorry person we bought them from.

I'm in...who do we get as a supplier?

Originally Posted by MickR

The way I stropped when I first started, you would have thought I was looking for a role in a Western as a barber. Strop isn't too pretty, but not too bad either considering (Yes I still have that first strop). More harm was done to the edge of the razor way back then...Almost 20 years ago now...Geez I feel old all of a sudden...


Mick

You sound old all of a sudden

Originally Posted by Ru4scuba

I'm in...who do we get as a supplier?

Well I've got one, bozo #1 right here. Though I think my nicks give my strop character, I am not really a fan of "all shiney and new"

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Well I've got one, bozo #1 right here. Though I think my nicks give my strop character, I am not really a fan of "all shiney and new"

Ahh, that's how it should be, "I gave my strop some character!", it sounds way better than nicked it!

Originally Posted by Lemur

Ahh, that's how it should be, "I gave my strop some character!", it sounds way better than nicked it!

Well glass half full and all. I noticed the other week that someone had given my car some character the other week when I went to open the bonnet and discovered that the bull bar had been bent back into the front wing, thus preventing the bonnet from opening. Oh well.

I got my share of strop micro nicks where I flip the blade near my left hand. Most nicks are on the the shank side of the strop but some are on the toe side. A few had small flaps which I glued down after applying glue using a tooth pick. When dry, I sanded down anything sticking up above the surface using fine sandpaper. I then cleaned the surface with a slightly damp rag. I rub the surface with my palm before use. The nicks are now shallow gullies with rounded edges at the surface. The strop seems to work well and seems tobe improving with age and use. Nothing sticks up to catch or bend an edge.

HTH

Well I hope you've trained yourself to keep the toe down on the strop as well now.



Mick