Thread: Linen & Leather or Just Leather

Originally Posted by tcrideshd

the best I can understand is the linen provides a good clean up on your edge, and alignment before going to the leather for the final burnish . yes it does a great job of cleaning the edge after the shave, but it still does the same thing before, oxidation starts at the microscopic level.

Tc

How right you are! I recently pulled out some blades I had freshly honed and put away after shave testing. Even though they were well cleaned, dried, and stored, the edges after a year and a half were markedly degraded. Stropping on leather did nothing. Stropping on the linen actually helped a little. Still not good enough for my tastes, but the difference was noticable

One of the guys that makes the Firehose Strops says he gets just as good results with the linen only.

Originally Posted by kelbro

One of the guys that makes the Firehose Strops says he gets just as good results with the linen only.

Does he make leather strops too, or just the fire hose?

Originally Posted by JP5

Does he make leather strops too, or just the fire hose?

k

Excellent observation. Tc