View Poll Results: What's your prefered strop width?

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  • less than 2"

    1 1.15%
  • 2"

    14 16.09%
  • 2 1/2"

    23 26.44%
  • 3"

    47 54.02%
  • more than 3"

    2 2.30%
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    Default Preferred strop width

    Bought my new strops today (thanks, Tony). During the past months I have been trying three different strops and have always been lucky enough to re-sell the strop I was using together with a blade, to help buyers that were looking for a starter kit and to experiment with different strops. After trying two different Dovo (1 3/4" wide) and one Red Latigo by T.Miller (2 1/2" wide), I found that I prefere something about 2" wide. I feel a sort of increased control, like when honing on a narrow stone (that is what I like more). Well, I'm sure that this is more a personal taste than other thing, so..

    ..your experiences?

    EDIT: I forgot to say that stropping on my hand is probably the experience I like more.
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    Default Preferred Strop Width

    Gentlemen,

    I have always used a 2" strop and the width seems to work just fine for me.

    In replying to another post, I referred to my Tony Miller strop as a 3". It's actually a 2". My mistake.

    So what's my preference? I suppose I'll be safe to say the 2" strop.

    Regards,

    Obie

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    I thought that I liked the 3" and so I bought my Tony Miller strop as a 3 inch. But I also bought a practice strop at the same time and actually have come to like that width better. I think it is a 2.5". With that in mind I put 2.5

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    Let me hang with the 2 inch wide group here! That's what I use. never had a wide one so I wont say i must have 2. But 2 is what i chose to make and i like it as well not too thick

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    I don't know, I have several, including a nice Vintage Dubl Duck Cordovan (think I spelled that right) I like the 3" inch width. I usually finish on a Solingen 2" butter soft leather. I like using both during my normal stropping ritual.
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    3" red latigo!!! I have a 2" which works well but I prefer the 3"

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    I used to prefer the 2 1/2 because that is what the vintage strops are and I have some of those. When I finally started using the Premium 1 as my daily driver I got used to the 3" and that is where I'm at now.
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    My strop has a stropping area of 44 x 333 mm (1 6/8 x 13 1/8 inch). That's probably very small to most people's standards, but I've used it for years and stropping on another strop feels awkward. This one has excellent draw (say friends too) and if I were going to buy a new strop it would be either for the looks or for the finishing qualities of horsehide - so material, not size. A bit of extra length would probably be nice, but width to me isn't really an issue. Then again, I may not really know what I'm missing...

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    I used 2 1/2 inch strops for over 30 years and always said I would never switch. Don got me to try a 3 inch last year and all I can say is that there are now 6 3 inch strops hanging in my shave den.

    Lynn

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    Interesting because I have some red latigo laying around that isn't very long, maybe a foot at the most and almost 4 inches wide. I was wondering if I could make a strop out of that stuff or do I have to have longer pieces? This was a good topic.

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