Thread: Why is my brand new Livi Regrind putting scratches in my strop?

OTOH, make that your default strop for worked spines and now you have a perfect excuse to order a brand new SRD Premium 4 long.

I had two Livi's that did the very same thing. I basically did what everyone else suggested, I had a dedicated strop for those razors Like Lynn and others have said, its because of the work on the spine.

UPDATE: PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone stop what you are doing right now and give "Thanks" to janivar123!

I sat down with some metal polish and a roll of paper towels and polished the spine of that blade like it was my job. A full hour later, I went back to my strop and tested it out - no more scratches! Not a single one. I even went crazy, tried to make a sawing motion with the spine of the razor, and it caused not a single blemish on the surface of that beautiful leather.

So thanks again to janivar123, you have saved my strop!

Like Ryan says, tape the spine, The 'slack' in the strop should accomodate the miniscule tape thickness.

Regards,
Neil

I agree with Lynn and the other guys, my Bismarck has a worked spine and that scuffs up the strop a bit as I use it.

Glad you got it sorted out!

I even manage to scuff some of my strops without a worked spine.

to bad it wont work on goldwashed spines

glad it worked out for you, was starting to suspect it might not work

For whatever it's worth, if it's just marks on the strop and not literal scratches that effect the smoothness of the leather it really doesn't matter. Strops are meant to be used and one can expect it to look that way after a while. My go-to strop has marks all over it, but it doesn't make a difference in terms of the results I get- I still love it. This is all my opinion though.

Originally Posted by huntmol

UPDATE: PROBLEM SOLVED!!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone stop what you are doing right now and give "Thanks" to janivar123!

I sat down with some metal polish and a roll of paper towels and polished the spine of that blade like it was my job. A full hour later, I went back to my strop and tested it out - no more scratches! Not a single one. I even went crazy, tried to make a sawing motion with the spine of the razor, and it caused not a single blemish on the surface of that beautiful leather.

So thanks again to janivar123, you have saved my strop!

I don't suppose you took before and after shots of the spine did you? (Edit- I see the before shots now!)
What polish did you use?

I would love to see the blade and strop you are talking about.

-Rob

Truly sorry this happened to you. This is one of the reasons that I like the plain razors without the worked spines. As cool as the worked spines looked, I was worried that they would damage the strop. I think the tape idea is a good one if you are not able to purchase multiple strops. Good luck.