Thread: Two strops or one?

I like using two strops. Seems to work for me.

For daily shaving, I use one hanging strop the majority of the time and only use the leather side. It has been working well for years. When I use another strop, I use the Maestro Loom strop and only the leather side on that one as well. There really is no need to use two different strops on a daily basis. Lynn

Thanks for the replies. The three component strop sounds like a really neat idea. The two strops seem to be working well so I think I will stick with them for now. It really doesn't add much time to my stropping. I used to do 30 passes on the linen and then the same on the leather. I now do 30 passes on all three components (linen -> coarser leather -> finer leather). I know that some guys do upwards of 50 passes on each side of a two component strop (linen and leather), so I guess i'm not spending much more time stropping than they are. I've never used a loom type and always thought they looked neat - what are they like to use?

In an earlier post I mentioned I used to make a Tri-Strop from Illinois strops. Oddly one just turned up unused on eBay, probably from a past customer.

Item number is, 6632957335

I also do a new super version based on my Best #1 strops.


Tony