Hi Guys,

I had the priviledge of looking round my local tannery today and to get some leather "custom made" for strop purposes.

I chose some veg tan leather (great colour) of the desired thickness and quality and then got a custom finish put on the surface. By this I mean they buff up and work the surface to roughen it slightly or polish it to shine it give it the correct finish depening on its end use. You can thus control the amount of draw is applied to the razor by the way the leather is finished.

The guy recommended a medium "temper" as he called it to give the correct draw. I will see how the new strop turns out but it was amazing to see how the leather is processed as I know nothing about it. The leather is weighed and the surface area worked out by scanning under a laser. The pricing is then worked out.

I'm going to play around witha few different leathers and finishes I think as the guy is very helpful and th tannery is just down the road.

I got my leather as part of a shoulder. I don't know if this is the best cut for strops either but will see how it goes.

Anyone got any experience of leather?