Thread: Travel Strop review.

Here we have a travel strop set, made by my friend fpessanha. I told him I would give an honest review of it, so here goes:



The leather he used is very soft, much softer than the TM latigo strop I have. I have used it on a few razors, and would say it has 1/2 the draw of the oiled TM strop.



The handles are a darker color, evenly cut on both strops and very symmetrical. The grommets look to be standard press fit pieces, and feel well put together. The black stuff on the other strop is an abrasive compound barbers in Portugal use.



The good:
-excellent quality, very uniform leather. Light draw, and very flexible, ideal for a travel strop.
-length is great, and it rolls up very compactly
-uniform size, coloration, shape and construction

The bad:
-I smeared the black abrasive paste around and tried it on a sacrificial razor (Genco Head barber), that stuff cuts way too fast/aggressive for me. I removed it, and may apply some Chrome Ox at a later date.

-ummm.... lets see... something else... It doesn't have a long enough shoelace to be used in a wider variety of situations? That's the only negative thing I can find. Sorry fpessanha!

Overall impression: This is a great travel strop, I am very happy with it and I am deeply honored that fpessanha made it for me.
In fact, if someone stole my TM strop, I would happily use this one as a daily strop.