Originally Posted by
WadePatton
Well, I'm glad y'all like yours. I picked up an 827 second-hand (as most of my strops are) and don't care for it. I like the linen side, but don't care for the rough-ish leather. I like hard slick smoooth leather, more like my vintage Russian or the SRD Latigo (which is smooth, but not not hard).
I comment here because other folks may also prefer hard slickeriness and not realize that's not what is coming when you order an 827*. But mine is used-could have been adulterated. I don't think so with zero wear showing on the linen and some minimal scuffing of the high points of the orange-peel textured leather. I put my Cerium on the backside (the slick but ridged side (that's "with ridges", not "rigid"), but I may as well load up the front as I have other leathers I prefer.
Good to have options. Hard to know what you like until you try a few or several. I only have five strops so far, still learning what i like.
This is a game of personal preferences, fer sher.