Thread: Car safety belt instead of linen???

That sounds promising!

I'll have to dig the one that's on the spare seat in the loft out I think.

I am forever trying out different strops and abrasives on strops. Last Wednesday I stopped at the salvage yard at lunch and bought a seat belt. I cut the seat belt to length and singed the ends to prevent fraying. I then washed it in water with detergent, it came out like new. After drying I dipped either end in some shellac to stiffen the ends and put in a brass grommet on one end. Wallah - new strop.



I have used the same razor and strop for a week. An old Krusius Brothers - KB extra, a run of the mill vintage, but a good shaver. I used the seat belt strop only no leather. I can say seat belt material will work as a strop at least for a week there has been no degradation of the edge . I have had comfortable shaves all week. Is it the bees knees? NO. Does it work? YES. I think seat belt material would work great as the cloth component to a two piece stop. The strop seems to work very well, but not superlative, it is A- or B+ good. I am going to roll the strop up and throw it in my overnight bag, it will excel as a travel strop.

Pros

• it works
• it is very flat
• nice width
• nice feedback/feel
• price

Cons

• no panache
• the blue polyester reminds me of a leisure suit

Charlie



PS The strop/belt came out of an 80's Ford Grenada? Fairmont? I really wasn't looking at the whole car.

after seeing this post I went to the faberic store and poked around and found what they refered to as backpack strap and thought I would give it a try


I like it gave it a run refreshed my blade real nice

has anyone started a set of frabric strops? from coarse to fine?

you guys have opened a can of worms on this one. heres why i have a uniform belt and im wondering if it would work also. if so i will hop down and get one for 4 bucks.


what you all think. if so hten i could have one for crox and also for diamond paste. they roll up nicely. wouldnt be hard to find a container to hold them

Whoa! I recognize that material! It looks like the webbing used for the Marine Corps Martial Arts Belts. The buckle is a little bit different, but it looks EXACTLY the same. Have you tried to strop a razor with it yet?

-Thomas

The webbing on my new SRD strop is similar material, not the usual canvas or linen, at first I was somewhat skeptical about it(somewhat of a traditionalist) but the stuff works great, I am impressed.

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

The webbing on my new SRD strop is similar material, not the usual canvas or linen, at first I was somewhat skeptical about it(somewhat of a traditionalist) but the stuff works great, I am impressed.

+1, I had the exact same reaction to it. At first I didn't use it but finally gave it a try and now it is my default strop material before I go the the premium 1 leather. I love the draw on that. Just right for me.

My boss's son works for Roush Racing and eventually is going to send me a length of the wide harness they use in the race cars. They have to change it out every so often and I am going to try that stuff. I will post about the results when I get it and try it.

Wow you guys unbelievable.
Soon we will use anything lays flat as a strop.

I was out of town last weekend, I used my seat belt strop that I keep in my travel bag. The seat belt strop makes a great travel strop, no worries about creasing the leather or carrying a paddle strop. I just roll it up and put it in the bag with toothbrush and stuff.


Charlie