Thread: webbed fabric on strop?

Leather only here,have never used any type of fabric/webbing.

Poly webbing is a great stropping substrate. It should work as linen to clean the razor prior to stropping on leather. It will clean the blade of all the “stuff” on the razor so it does not contaminate your leather strop. There are different Nylon Poly Webbing and some are better than other for different uses. The weave and thread make the difference.

The course weave shown does work well for cleaning and as a pasted strop. Fine weave, seatbelt type is better for polishing a bevel. Personally I would not paste yours, but use it for cleaning prior to leather. If you want a pasted strop, you can purchase a yard of Poly/Nylon strapping from a fabric store for a couple of dollars and you can paste both sides with different paste.

The other benefit of these strops is they are almost impossible to cut or nick, even stropping edge forward. It is great for novice stropper to develop the skill.

Keep it, use it. I think you will really grow to like it.

I use the poly webbing with the dovo red paste.. It works amazing! I then follow up with 50 laps on the soft leather of my English bridle..

Originally Posted by magnus28

I use the poly webbing with the dovo red paste.. It works amazing! I then follow up with 50 laps on the soft leather of my English bridle..

Is it worth the sound it makes?

Yes it is, because not only does it clean, polish, and straighten the blade, it also hones the blade a step further than the 8k stone I use.

Originally Posted by magnus28

Yes it is, because not only does it clean, polish, and straighten the blade, it also hones the blade a step further than the 8k stone I use.

That makes sense - for some, anyway! Dovo red is said to be around 3.5 - 5 microns, so at the lower end it is finer than 8k grit and at the other end it is coarser than 8k grit. I suppose its luck of the draw whether yours tends to err on the coarse side rather than the fine side.

The dovo black would work out at around 1 micron. That is usually considered the polishing paste in the dovo line-up. As for 'straighten the blade' I can't imagine what is meant by that at the moment...

Regards,
Neil

Originally Posted by Euclid440

The other benefit of these strops is they are almost impossible to cut or nick, even stropping edge forward.

Challenge accepted lol. I have the poly webbing from SRD but I prefer the actual cloth fabric. I use the poly webbing for my CrOx to touch up dulling blades

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The other benefit of these strops is they are almost impossible to cut or nick, even stropping edge forward. It is great for novice stropper to develop the skill.

Are you serious??

Originally Posted by Euclid440

The other benefit of these strops is they are almost impossible to cut or nick...

Originally Posted by pixelfixed

Are you serious??

Either way mistakes are certainly less costly than with leather. That's worth a few points.

Just me or does stropping forward seem like a terrible idea?