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09-18-2009, 03:03 AM #11
That Dubl Duck is fueling my SAD. How is the Medal of Award? Whats the quality like?
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09-18-2009, 03:11 AM #12
I don't know if it would be considered ventage but check this one on ebay
excellent straight razor strop great condition!! - eBay (item 380158001074 end time Sep-19-09 05:32:48 PDT)
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09-18-2009, 03:16 AM #13
Yes, The DD was a nice find. The other one came with a junky W&B which I can restore. I got both for 30 bucks, not bad. I enjoy working on them.
The quality is great on the medal of award strop. It has the linen strop too, which is hanging up in the garage drying as we speak. The lnen came out pretty good. I figure I'll paste it.We have assumed control !
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09-18-2009, 03:28 AM #14
Hmmmm... I think I saw one in s shop somewhere. I'll check it out then. And on the Illinois- that is a good strop, and I already have one. I actually considered bidding on that one but I figure much more than $30 to duplicate something isn't such a great idea to me.
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09-18-2009, 03:43 AM #15
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Thanked: 735I have scored two nice vintage strops off of the Bay.
A vintage Illinois horsehide, and my Sunasack just arrived today.
I'm starting to rethink my aversion to horsehide!
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09-18-2009, 03:45 AM #16
I know. My Illinois at first was unexciting but it's broken in over the past few weeks (I tried to break it in but clearly not enough) and its working like a charge. Except shes ugly, has a nick from me and a wierd pressed in mark thing from the previous owner... anyway. I just need a new strop.
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09-18-2009, 04:06 AM #17
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Thanked: 735My new strop conditioning is to use a tallow based soap, and work the lather into the strop, as per the old barber's manuals.
Worked great with the Illinois horsehide, and I lathered up the Sunasack, and that worked nice too.
The Sunasack with lather has a bit of draw to it that my Kintaka horsehide never showed. The leather looks very similar, shell horsehide. I never liked the Kintaka that had about zero draw, and never seemed to have any effect on edge quality.
I just stropped up a razor with the Sunasack, and the edge came around nicely.
The linen was indeed junk on it.
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09-18-2009, 12:53 PM #18
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09-18-2009, 01:49 PM #19
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09-18-2009, 02:02 PM #20
I don't know about tallow based soaps. Speick is, So is Tabac shave soap. "Sodioum Talloate, or something like that. Old Barber's used soap on everything, even hones. I think they were cheap. If your charging 10 cents for a haircut, well, you see what I mean. What's wrong with Saddle Soap? It was made for leather....
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