this may be a weird question but here goes, what do you use as a hook to hang your strop from and at what hieght, I am assuming height is a preference(not to high or low).
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this may be a weird question but here goes, what do you use as a hook to hang your strop from and at what hieght, I am assuming height is a preference(not to high or low).
I tie mine to end of the towel rail using cloth tape/ ribbon that is tied to my strop... if that makes sense.
Works well for me - just tie a bow (like your shoe lace) and untie when I'm done. Then I tie it to handle behind my bedroom door when I'm done.
make sense, i use the towel "bar" or rail as well, just looking around webites you never see a "hook" for sale and was just wonder what everyone used.
Funny how these things come up around the same time....
Here's another thread covering the height.
I use a door handle. If you don't have a ring to clip it onto, you can buy one, or improvise.
thanks for the link, i was right i guess, for the most part it goes right down to personnal preference
That's it really. Just like everything else related to this game, it's about what works for you.
+1 for the door knob. I use a cable tie, also known as a zip tie around the knob and clip my strops to that.
I have seen strop hooks for sale before, on some hardware website or another. A simple metal hook that gets screwed into the wall. But I have never seen them for sale on a shaving-related website.
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A cup hook and a drawer escutcheon at a few inches below waist/belt level. It's mounted/anchored in the wall behind my bathroom door. I think the total cost was a few dollars and it looks better than just screwing a hook into the wall.
There are some websites that sell hundreds of types of the round escutcheons many of which are very cool looking. I'm surprised no one has marketed such things as strop wall decorative hardware. If someone wants to run with the idea, just flip me a razor or something.:)
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I use the same thing without the fanciness. Figure with the dump I'm living in at the moment why bother? Hopefully I'll get moved sometime next year and can actually set up a presentable "shave den" with all (or at least a bunch of) the frills. Just make sure if you do something like this that it's anchored good. I pulled the first one right out of the wall :(
Oh yeah...about 2" above waist high.
SailBoatStuff Marine Hooks - Snap, Gooseneck Hooks, etc.
Maybe they are used for securing items inside the cabin whilst on the roiling sea. That way your coffee (shaving) mug won't slide off the counter and smash into bits when Moby Dick gives the boat a nice tail slap!
A trip to the nearest hardware store will offer a wide variety of hook options, and at relative little cost. I have a hefty solid-brass hook that cost less than $2 that I got from a hardware store.
When I travel I use a carabiner on the ring of the strop. A large carabiner will fit over most towel bars in hotel bathrooms. A disadvantage of this is that it puts the strop anchor higher than the usual 2" above the waist. Quick to setup, secure and rugged, it works for me.
(This doesn't have to be an actual climbing carabiner, just those aluminum look-alikes sold at sporting goods stores and hardware store. Don't climb with it though...)
Hi, First post here:needcoffee: I use a bbq utensil hook from B&Q, around 99p for 10 a nd fix it to a towel rail.
Fourth one down on your linked page is marketed as a strop hook. Available in brass or chrome finish. Guess that would be the one to get from them.Quote:
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Well that is a lot of info but I have another suggestion. What ever hook you use try putting a very large fisning swivel between the strop and wall. Mack
I tap out the middle door hinge pin an inch or so and put it on there.
I bought a thing off ebay called a Razor Strop Hook. Nothing special about it but it works. It's screwed into the underside of my medicine cabinet which is about arm pit height.
Go to Lowes, Home Depot, or your friendly neighborhood hardware store and pick out one of these that looks about the right size. This one costs $1.18. Screw it into a stud. I drilled a starter hole.
Zip tie on shower door towel rod works perfectly.
I just use a shoelace that I slip around whatever comes in handy, have used towel-bars, doorknobs and other things that looks like it can be used to fasten a strop
it is a really flexible solution when I am traveling
A coat hook affixed to the wall by my sink with drywall screws.
Works wonderfully so far... although sometimes I wonder about how those drywall screws are holding up...
