Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
I used to like to watch pro barbers strop when I was a kid, and as I grew older, though you didn't see them too much after the 1970s/80s. Anyway, most all had their strops hanging waist high from their barber chairs. Many of the old Koken chairs had a hook built in to the chair for hanging a strop. I usually attach mine to a zip tie on a door knob. Hangs about waist high and that is how I am used to stropping. That Illinois ought be be a good one IMO.

- - - Ok, not sure where I should post this, but are strops really necessary. I am told that some guys use their arms or on one's upper leg while wearing blue jeans.
- - - And are strops necessary if you have a high enough grit stone or diamond paste.