Thread: Input on picking a strop....

You could never go wrong with Tony's strops. He is an Artisan.

Chris L

I have the 3" Red Latigo with real linen option, and honestly couldn't be happier - the red latigo, as Tony already mentioned, is a great choice for most out there since it has a nice high draw, and is fairly resistance to cupping. At the 3" width, no x-pattern is needed, but most do it anyhow.

I'd not hesitate to recommend the red latigo at all - the linen or all-leather handles are just nice-to-have extras in my opinion.

I'd listen to Tony, he really knows of what he speaks.

Mark

Buy a Tony Miller Latigo strop. You WILL be pleased. You WILL ask yourself WHY?, WHY didn't I do this before. The quality is top notch and the price can't be beat.

As soon as you strop a razor on a Latigo strop-you'll immediately know that all the talk isn't hype.

Just to put in another option, I bought one of Tony's 2 3/4 Horse & Latigo strops. I collect old strops so I have a half dozen with linen and figured that I didn't need one on Tony's strop. This worked fine and I found that of all of the vintage strops I have I always seemed to end up using Tony's.

Then I went to a friends house and he has one of Tony's horse & linen. I did some stropping on it and liked it so much that I decided I wanted to add Tony's linen to my horse/latigo. Tony was kind enough to make the linen for me and now I have a linen/horse/latigo.

This may sound cumbersome but it is not. With the linen on the outside it flips out of the way when I go to the latigo. I do 50 on the linen and then 25 each first on the latigo and then finish on the horse. This is now the perfect strop for all of my needs and I highly recommend it.

Oh jees... why didn't you post this last week? Now I'm going to have to do an add-on for the linen? . How long does linen last relative to the hides? I guess maybe having the linen separate would make it easily replaceable.

Another plug for Tony's RL. I've had mine for about 2 years and I'm very pleased.

Jordan

Originally Posted by JimmyH-AD

Then I went to a friends house and he has one of Tony's horse & linen. I did some stropping on it and liked it so much that I decided I wanted to add Tony's linen to my horse/latigo. Tony was kind enough to make the linen for me and now I have a linen/horse/latigo.

This may sound cumbersome but it is not. With the linen on the outside it flips out of the way when I go to the latigo. I do 50 on the linen and then 25 each first on the latigo and then finish on the horse. This is now the perfect strop for all of my needs and I highly recommend it.

Jimmy,
I am glad this worked for you. I am always hesitant to offer a three part strop as I feel the third component will be in the way in use or flop back at the wrong moment causing a disaster. I suppose if the softer genuine linen is an outer component it may work by flopping it over but would not want to see the leather folded back in use.

I still feel a separate cloth component with it's own top and bottom hardware clipped onto thye same hook is more usable and safer though. Now...if the mill would ever run my linen again all will be well. I did get in 2 1/2" linen and will be running 2 1/2" horsehide/linen strops as the next product after this weeks run.

Thanks,
Tony

Tony would you let me know what time the store opens tonight? I'm taking my brother to sushi and giving him the straight and strop, but that means for a few days I'll be back to the gilette until I get another strop here.

I'm curious, have you tried some of the various hemp cloths versus linen? I have some samples here I got way back when and some of them seemed teh right texture/weight compared to the linen strop I have handled.

You guys aren't doing the linen/leather every morning are you? I thought the linen was for in between honing, not daily. I noticed right now Tony you show on there only the cotton not the linen, what is the different in its affect on the blade?

Thanks very much, everyone.

Red

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

Jimmy,
I am glad this worked for you. I am always hesitant to offer a three part strop as I feel the third component will be in the way in use or flop back at the wrong moment causing a disaster. I suppose if the softer genuine linen is an outer component it may work by flopping it over but would not want to see the leather folded back in use.

I still feel a separate cloth component with it's own top and bottom hardware clipped onto thye same hook is more usable and safer though. Now...if the mill would ever run my linen again all will be well. I did get in 2 1/2" linen and will be running 2 1/2" horsehide/linen strops as the next product after this weeks run.

Thanks,
Tony

Tony, here are some pix of the strop in use. I am not sure if they are good enough to convey the ease of use but here they are.

Wow Jimmy, you've got to pick a razor to use and then pick a strop out of all that, I'm not sure if I envy you your dilemma or not

Red