Thread: Other than horsehide

Hi all!

Is there any fine quality strops that are not made of horsehide that give the same results?(i.e. Illinois strops) Due to my own personal objections the use of a horsehide strop is out of the question but I do not want to sacrifice quality. The only strops I can find that are made other than horsehide are too narrow or too short for my tastes.
thanks

Originally Posted by hozzman

Hi all!

Is there any fine quality strops that are not made of horsehide that give the same results?(i.e. Illinois strops) Due to my own personal objections the use of a horsehide strop is out of the question but I do not want to sacrifice quality. The only strops I can find that are made other than horsehide are too narrow or too short for my tastes.
thanks

Are you looking for cowhide or non leather?

Just love horses more than cows, Hozz?
Oak tanned cowhide does just fine. I made a couple of nice, long, 3 inch wide beauties from strap leather I bought at Tandy. They had extra large D-rings that I put on both ends and voila! Two 25" strops for about $30. Slap some diamond paste on the rough side of one of them and those straights will keen up really well.


BTW Welcome to SRP!

Ahh, tandy leather. Didn't even think of that one. And yes, nothing personal against cowlovers out there but the only way I like cows are with a baked potato. *LOL*
BTW, would the standard strop pastes such as Fromm or Dovo work nicely?

Tony Miller (www.thewellshavedgentleman.com) has a fine selection of strops in various widths/lengths. He's got a couple different kinds of cow-based strop and even working on a vegan alternative. I have one of his 4-sided paddle strops with Honey Brown and Latigo on it and the craftsmanship and quality are excellent.

Ant

Originally Posted by AntC

Tony Miller (www.thewellshavedgentleman.com) has a fine selection of strops in various widths/lengths. He's got a couple different kinds of cow-based strop and even working on a vegan alternative. I have one of his 4-sided paddle strops with Honey Brown and Latigo on it and the craftsmanship and quality are excellent.

Ant

Thats where I was going with my question.

Originally Posted by hozzman

Hi all!

Is there any fine quality strops that are not made of horsehide that give the same results?(i.e. Illinois strops) Due to my own personal objections the use of a horsehide strop is out of the question but I do not want to sacrifice quality. The only strops I can find that are made other than horsehide are too narrow or too short for my tastes.
thanks

Sounds like we have a serious case of "speci-ism" here.

Larry

I realize that there aren't many left in the wild, but going out to trap a nauga might be a reasonable solution for this dilemma. Once skinned, the nauga's hide could possibly work for a strop for those having sensitivities or affections for other hide sources. The nauga's outside skinside should be very drawful and the inside non-skinside is almost like the linen that so many like so well.

Will you let us know how it works? --Bruce

Originally Posted by Bruce

I realize that there aren't many left in the wild, but going out to trap a nauga might be a reasonable solution for this dilemma. Once skinned, the nauga's hide could possibly work for a strop for those having sensitivities or affections for other hide sources. The nauga's outside skinside should be very drawful and the inside non-skinside is almost like the linen that so many like so well.

Will you let us know how it works? --Bruce

Very good bruce!

I saw a whalehide strop on ebay USA recently.

Thanks, excellent resources.