Thread: Multiple strops?

Sounds like multiple strops are almost inevitable like moths to a flame. It's just a different reason than I expected.

Thanks for explaining it to me.

Lori

At the moment I have 4 vintage, 1 SRD and 3 home made strops and love them all!

all you honestly need is a strop with a canvas and a leather side to them. if you decide you want to have a collection of strops thats up to you buy you only NEED 1.

ok, here's the story....

I have several strops, one looks kinda like untanned or lightly tanned, or more raw, attached to a highly tanned black strop that is very slick and hard.

The dope I bought the strop from folded it and shoved it in a box, wrinkling the raw hide looking strop. The hard leather strop survived the fold, amazingly. So I just purchased a 'Big Daddy' from another shaving shop.

The 'Daddy' has a felt or canvas strop with the leather strop.

Here's the unanswered part of my question....

Which do you use when and why? Do you start on the softer and work to the slicker (harder) leather. Start on the felt (wool, canvas, whatever) and then finish on the leather?

Common sense say's to use the softer, move to the harder, but why would I need more than one? They sell them together so there must be the intent. I'm just not sure I get it..

Thanks!!!

Yes, start on the wool, felt, canvas, whatever side and then finish on the leather. This would be what you would do before each shave. Regarding the other leather/leather combo strop, I don't know without seeing it but I would guess that you could apply paste to the softer side and use the harder side for normal stropping, or you could paste both.

Or you could just soak the wrinkled side in some warm water for a few minutes and lay some heavy flat items on top of it 'til it's dry, to see if that will smooth the leather out. Be sure not to pull or stretch at the wet leather though. Just wet and weight.


Mick