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Kanayama/Kanoyama Strop Edited
Gentlemen,
Ernest Hemingway said that if a word does not belong in the sentence, take it out — and he was the master of the crisp and Spartan sentence.
I finally came to the same solution dealing with the Kanayama/Kanoyama strop. These strops come with felt as the second component, and the higher end models also have hard linen as the third component. Eventually the felt component became a nuisance for me: it has a heavy draw, which I dislike, especially because of the arthritis in my hands, and after all these years, I am just used to linen or cotton as the second component and nothing else feels right.
From what I have read, the maker of these strops seems to prefer the felt second component over the linen. No argument there from me, except that the felt component became like that extra word in Hemingway's sentence: that if it does not belong there, remove it. So that's what I did and now am a happy sport stropping on this lovely strop.
If you use the Kanayama/Kanoyama strop, do you still use the felt component or have you gone to the linen instead?