Hey guys,
I'm in the market for a new strop. I suppose this question would be best answered by Tony, but he's got some leather choices to pick from.
5-7 oz Red Latigo, 7-9 oz Honey Brown, 9-10 oz Black Latigo. The Latigos have "increased draw", I suppose over the Honey Brown. And there is now an option to get a strop without the Linen and have it be Black Latigo and Honey Brown. Of course, since you get a free beginner's strop (out of honey brown) with the #1 strops, I don't see the black/honey strop as worth losing the linen.

Since all of these are top notch high end strops, what exactly is the splitting hairs difference in these three types of leather? Any preferences? Does any particular one work better for certain types of knives?


Also, Keith's site of HandAmerican has been down, so I have no idea what the Old Dog strops look like, but I've always heard good things about them. I'd like to at least get a look see before deciding who to order from, but I'm wondering when his site will be back up. But on HA it looks like they have latigo, and also do a diamond pattern on them, to increase draw. I've not seen any strops with this, so i'm just waiting for everyone's $0.02 on the matter.