Thread: Compressed Latigo?

Aren’t expert opinions great?

I not an expert, but have made a few strops, some leather ones even. Almost any smooth leather will improve a razor edge.

I am sure there is something, treatment, tanning or type of leather that will get the last ounce of performance from a strop... like most things. But it is probably beyond my ability to notice.

Learning how to strop is half the battle and as a novice stropper you will most probably slice up a few leather strops before you get the hang of it.

Buy any flat, smooth leather 3 X 18 -20 inches to make a 16 in stropping surface and you are good to go.

Latigo does have a draw to it until broken in, it may take some time and that I believe may make the learning process a bit more difficult. I recommend plain old veg tanned leather to learn on and for your first strop.