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  1. 05-26-2009, 07:50 PM #1
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    Has anyone gotten a SRD strop and opted for the 100 cotton instead of their webbing. If so how does it work or is the webbing better. I am thinking of buying a Premium I strop and wonder if i should get the webbing or cotton. I would like to put dovo white paste on it. for everyday stropping.
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  2. 05-27-2009, 01:55 PM #2
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    Nobody has used the Cotton from Straight razor design. Well then may I ask how the webbing would work with the dovo white? Thanks guys for any input.

    O and one more thing. Is the draw on the Premium I strop less than that of the latigo...
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  3. 05-27-2009, 02:24 PM #3
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    I haven't used the cotton but I have the premium 1 with the webbing. First of all I love the premium 1 and it has become my go to strop. It has more draw than horse and less than latigo. For me it feels just about right and it is a beautiful piece of leather. As far as the webbing. I got the strop when it was the only option. If there had been a cotton or a linen option I would have taken it but now I'm glad that there wasn't at that time.

    I was skeptical about the webbing what with it being nylon or some sort of synthetic but I recently started using it and I am getting very good results with it. Whether it is really better than my linen or not is hard to say but I tend to think that it is. I don't have any kind of scientific training to back this up or to be sure of it. i am only going by how the razors I am stropping on it feel when I shave with them. The difference is subtle but I do believe it is there.

    I am now doing the method that thebigspendur came up with in "the great experiment" threads. I do 60 and 60. I don't use paste on the webbing or on any of the linen strops I have for that matter. I reserve that for my hanging felt and my flatbed and loom strops.
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  5. 05-27-2009, 03:00 PM #4
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    I do 60 and 60. I don't use paste on the webbing or on any of the linen strops I have for that matter. I reserve that for my hanging felt and my flatbed and loom strops.
    Me too, on the Premium I/Nylon as well.

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  7. 05-27-2009, 08:29 PM #5
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    I don't have a cotton strop from SRD but I do have on from TM and I really like it. I don't think I would go with anything different.
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