Thread: New acquisition: SRD 3" Red Latigo

It is a rather new product that Lynn and Don came up with. I actually won one of these at our Mid Missouri Meet and the diamond spray came with it.
The instructions are to spray the wool felt surface then wait until the next day to use it. It should raise a very little bit of dust when first used which lets you know you have enough spray on it to be effective.
I can understand why you might think it would replace linen but the linen has a rougher surface which helps align the small ridges left by honing and then the leather finishes that process.
I hope that helps you some.

Well I just broke down and bought the .5 spray and an alum block. Shipping was as much as the bloody order lol. Oh well. It's only money
Small price to pay for awesomeness! I got the boker Edelwiess as well but it did not seem to come very sharp. Which is a surprise to me as Lynn did my last $75 Dovo and the edge was sharper. Oh well. I will have to give it a hone.

It's really good stuff and the alum block is very helpful. Shipping these days is high priced because of our postal services and the ever increasing prices.
I've never seen one that Lynn honed that wasn't very sharp. Maybe it just feels smooth and it's actually sharper than it seems?

Have fun this hobby really is addictive:-)

I got the red latigo 3" in a set with Dovo razor from SRD. Its a breeze to use, even though I am a newbie, I nicked only a little toward the side, this does not affect stropping at all. My next one will be the same strop, and I plan to use the leftovers from this one to make a CrO bench or paddle strop.
Great buy for me.

How would you say the alum block is different from the styptic pencil? I am also wondering about the leather on the strop. as it is 3" wide there seems to be a bit of a curve to the leather. So I just need to give it a good rub down to work that out?

An alum block is a big block of pressed alum powder.

A stripic pencil is a pressed stick of alum, titanium dioxide and several other things, depending on the manufacturer.

Stipic pencils tend to be very harsh, but do a very good job of stopping bleeding with small nicks. Alum block are gentle enough to be used on your whole face, tightening your skin, slowing tiny nicks, and drying up the surface of your skin, which is a good thing for some skin types.

my stypic pencil is 95% pure alum, the rest is inert (to help bind it) so it really depends. So essentially I have a small round alum block lol. And I've learned that no matter what you use, better to just not cut yourself lol. Alum still stings if it's a big cut.

: Styptic Pencils are amazing btw. Paper cut? Styptic pencil. Real cut? Stypic pencil. Acne (the really bad gross ones that always seem to grow right before a big date and then seep...) Stypic pencil. minor abrasion? Styptic Pencil. I literally bought one for my first aid kit. Dunno how healthy it is but it makes nice dry scabs that stop the bleeding fast which is great.

Oh yea multiple uses for sure. I remember my dad using one when I was a kid. he had one in his tackle box when he went fishing:-)

Thanks for the info guys

Now I just have to wait for the diamond spray

There ya go:-) Oh yea the particles sink to the bottom of the spray bottle so make sure you shake it well and often.
After I spray I place the spine of the razor on the felt and run it across to see if you get that little dust stirred up a bit. No need to wet it down though.