Thread: So What Are YOU Stropping With???

Four main strops

My daily strop is a homemade one made an old cotton military belt. Pasted on both sides. I have a number of traditional leather and linen strops but the cotton is the one that I use before and after each shave.


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My home made strop is probably the most used. It's roo with a cotton/ flax webbing second, kanayama 80000, certifyd Russian shell with irish linen, nichiri pelican shell, dubl duck shell with silk finish linen, Illinois 827.

Originally Posted by JTmke

Four main strops

NICE 1000th post!

Have a SRD 3" premium IV English bridle strop on the way. Also have a home brew strop board I made years ago out of veg tan.

I just added an SRD Roo to my stable.

I've been using the same latigo strop I got a when I first started wet shaving from star shaving. I added a vintage linen to it. After all this time I never nicked it until about 2 months ago. I also have a horsehide strop, but I never use it.

Of late exclusively using this vintage ILL#6454. The linen got a bath in soapy water and the leather got a saddle soaping then a tiny bit of Neet's foot. It's the square bottom (no handle) kind and I think I like it better. My wife thinks it smells like cigarettes but I smell pipe tobacco. Came with a small natural combo coticule.

Classic Shaving 3 inch 'Mountain Strop, one Latigo and one English bridle, Dovo Jucten Russian type single sided 3 inch strop, One piece of acquired leather-latigo glued to a balsa block, 2 x star shaving felt pieces for crox & Dspray, and finally a #70000 Kanayama, and a #10000 Kanayama. I now exclusively use the #70000 Kanayama, with the others in safe keeping.

I have 2 Tony Miller strops from the "old" days. An Illinois 827 that was my main strop for most of my shaving career. It took a lot of work to get where I wanted it. Then I got myself an SRD English Bridle strop, and while I felt it was too slick in the beginning (when you are used to Latigo and Russian.... everything else is glass), I got it broken in and now it's a nice light draw and probably the only strop I use.

I do have my Dads last barber chair strop, but I rarely use it, I don't want to risk nicking it. I also have an old Mitchel Mogal horse shell I restored... it's cracked and crazed on the surface, but it still brings my razors up a treat. I also have a couple of bench strops that I made up, but they are nothing special and I only use them when honing.

I'm thinking of trying an SRD Roo strop.... In fact, I keep telling myself that I can have every 3" strop SRD makes for the price of a single high end Kanayama. And if I slip really bad and cut a strop in half, it would only cost me $50 + shipping to fix it up like new.

Regards

Christian