Thread: New Tony Miller Strop

I received the strop I ordered from Tony yesterday.

What a beauty! It's the #1 3" with the black Latigo leather on one side and the Honey Brown on the other. It's beefy. It's chunky. You could hypnotize a Harley Davidson rider with it by merely swinging it back and forth a few times in front of them! But most of all it's a work of art.

And the attention to detail. Just look at the rivets in the 2nd pic. They are all lined up. To some, that might imply anal retentiveness, but to me, that screams "I care about my work!"

Tony also threw in a starter strop (which is a beautiful piece as well) and a bottle of leather conditioner.

Thanks, Tony! Getting that strop yesterday totally made my day and I can't wait to use it!

Curtis

just wait till you use it lol, you will be a customer for life!

Curtis,
Thank you! Glad you are pleased. yes, the screw heads all line up. Just like in gunsmithing where you should do the same thing, it is a sign of attention paid to details.


Tony (anal retentive and proud of it) Miller

Man that is one fabulous looking strop. After Christmas I might just have to check it out..

Cool!

Eddie

hmm... I want to try that honey brown too...

Nenad

I finally got to use it this morning! It must be what it's like to go from driving a Honda Civic to Rolls Royce.

The heavy black leather a nice grab to its draw and the honey brown side feels silky smooth. I stropped on the black leather side about 20 times and finished on the brown side about 10 right before shaving.

I actually have to move my strop hook up about 2 inches since Tony's strop is a big one. I bet he impresses the ladies with the sizes of his strops. Haha!!

Congratulation spacetoast, for sure you got a beautiful strop, I am presently shopping for a strop myself and I don’t want to make any mistake. Most of the strops are made of linen and leather, this one does not have any linen but two different type of leather and I am wondering what the best setup is. Do we realy need to have the linen or is it better to have two different leathers, according to Tony both leather will do the same job. If I want to purchase the Cadillac of the strop witch one should I go for?

Thanks for the feedback and have a great day

Norm

I'm sure Tony can also do 2 leathers and linen. That way you can go past that Caddy and get yourself a nice BMW instead

Hi Norm,

I've got other strops with linen. I got the one from Tony with two leathers mainly because I thought it would be nice to have a big, chunky strop. I'm not sure you really need linen, I guess that's just a personal preference. Some say the linen is to heat the blade edge before stropping, but I usually just run the blade under hot water.

Honestly, I don't think you could go wrong buying any of Tony's strops. They all look so nice. Even the starter strop he included is a beauty.

I would say if you use linen now, then get one with leather and linen, but if you just want to splurge (like I did) get one with the nicest leathers he has.

Curtis