Thread: Tony Miller or SRD, that is the question..

you mean srd? then should be same.

IME they are both of equally high quality. I happen to really like the webbed fabric as the secondary strop and find the draw perfect on the Premium 1 from SRD. OTOH someone else may find they like the draw better on a different strop. IMO you can't go wrong either way.

My solution: I got a TM latigo with cotton; an SRD felt with webbing! Tony's forray into the shaving thing is dedicated to strop making. He was a pleasure to deal with. You can avoid playing favorites by then purchasing other items from SRP. The felt is a great touch-up strop, especially when used with diamond spray. Anyway you go will be fine.

Originally Posted by jleeg

The felt is a great touch-up strop, especially when used with diamond spray. Anyway you go will be fine.

Big + 1 on that. I like it way better than the pasted paddle although that is good too.

You're just going to have to try both

Ok, thanks guys. It seemsthey are equally good but that it might be a matter of preference...as always.

But is the SRD-one (it should have been SRD before also, thanks hi_bud_gl) broken in when it comes? Also what is the difference between the 'soft cotton' Tony Miller uses and the webbed fabric of SRD? I do not plan to use any pastes or sprays on my strop so this will not matter for me.

I recently got an SRD premium I, and it feels like it's broken in. I've never seen one of Tony's, but I can say that the SRD is really nice leather work. I might get another strop to leave at my girlfriend's house. May go with the SRD red latigo, because it's a few dollars less than the premium I.

Gentlemen,

For me, it was a difficult choice between the two, so I bought both: the 2" Black Latigo from Straight Razors Designs and the 3" Red Latigo Artisan New Standard from Tony Miller.

I use Tony's for travel, and at home, whereas SRD's stays at home.

Both strops I find of the highest quality.

Now everyone's happy, especially me.

Regards,

Obie

Originally Posted by Rawaz

Ok, thanks guys. It seemsthey are equally good but that it might be a matter of preference...as always.

But is the SRD-one (it should have been SRD before also, thanks hi_bud_gl) broken in when it comes? Also what is the difference between the 'soft cotton' Tony Miller uses and the webbed fabric of SRD? I do not plan to use any pastes or sprays on my strop so this will not matter for me.

Neither one needs any break in. I've never used soft cotton. I've got Tony's linen and I like it a lot. I don't think you'll find much difference in results between cotton and linen from what I've read.

The webbed fabric gives me good results and I pretty much use it all the time now. I don't have paste on linen or on the fabric as I use a hanging felt with 0.5 diamond spray for that. As far as a measurable difference between the linen and fabric .... I can't say one is better than the other. Both are good. Sorry I couldn't be more specific but these things are hard to quantify .... for me anyway.