Thread: hi i need help ASAP stropping question

So i just got my leather strop in the mail and it's just a 1 piece hanging strop. I paid16 bucks for it. N the back side it's like the felt ish inside and on the other is like a rough leather idk how to describe it. Think of cracked skin. The cracks are fairly deep and almost looks like a saddle or a rough leather jacket is it still a usable strop???

I should also mention it is still relatively smooth but it's not like a nice leather you can feel it feels rough like sorta bumpy again like rough oily skin. Idk any help is appreciated

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Come to think of it . it reminds me of a horse saddle

Can you post a pic?

Any good leather, even denim or newspaper can be used as a strop. I know someone that used a leather belt at one point.

What is your question exactly? What side to strop on?

My phone won't allow me i did work to it tho and it is smooth to the feel like a soft leather jacket. I want to know if i use it will it wreck my razor

A pic would definitely help before it's labeled a pos or anything else. Also where you aquired it from.

Can you give a link to where you got it from?

Originally Posted by cannon123

My phone won't allow me i did work to it tho and it is smooth to the feel like a soft leather jacket. I want to know if i use it will it wreck my razor

Use the smooth side.

Read a here on how to properly strop...it's important that you do so you don't nick / cut the strop and / or roll the edge on your blade. Keep the spine of the blade on the strop, and slowly go back and forth, not letting the spine leave the strop. Do a search on some stropping videos and it should clear things up for you.

It won't wreck your razor, we are talking about metal vs leather. Turning the edge on the strop as opposed to the spine ( rolling the edge), nicking the leather badly and other beginner mishaps will ruin the edges sharpness.

OK i get it won't wreck the razor but will it give me that keen shaving edge i need is basically what I'm inquiring about