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Thread: Strop Backing Material Comparison?

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    Well, I won't be testing out felt any time soon. I came across an opportunity to buy a Walkin Horse Split Side 3" strop with a woven cotton secondary for a deal too good to pass up. Anybody used one of these?

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    have the Star Big Daddy English Bridle with felt
    I think it works well but & have no other linen etc to compare it to.
    I think i read the Walkin horse were pretty good quality strops so you may be onto a good thing already
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    Gentlemen,

    For the second component to the leather strop, I prefer genuine linen. In my experience, the genuine linen also has some sharpening tendencies. Nothing major, but some.

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    +1 Genuine linen

    I'm sure there's a reason linen was the historical first choice for second stop component. I've always used bare linen and with cordovan as a first component get fantastic results maintaining my edge between honing.
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    The linen strop is used to clean your bevel and edge, realign the edge and polishing the bevel and edge, depending on the material.

    The rough leather back is not designed for stropping and can damage the edge, unless it has been prepared to a suede finish like the Nakayama strops.

    The Linen strop can be real linen, nylon, polyester canvas, cotton canvas, cloth, nylon or polyester weave strapping or any other weaved fabric.

    While felt can be use, it is not as abrasive as above and is better for paste and polishing.

    In my experience linen, nylon strapping and Polyester Canvas are the best materials, though all will work, just more laps.

    All of the above make great paste substrates as the paste is held by the weave and the top threads polish as the paste cuts.
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    I prefer linen - but I used synthetic webbing for a long time without issue. I think the linen is a bit more aggressive than the synthetic materials, tends to be a more loose weave making it more pliable and is often thinner making it more flexible which tends to keep it on the edge better.

    I think the softer and more pliable the leather the better - cordovan is my newest favorite. Pricey but strops last forever if used properly - especially cordovan strops.

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    Quote Originally Posted by joshf128 View Post
    OP here. Any opinions on Felt? I've been looking at the OVB strips at Star Shaving that use this as a backer.
    In my opinion, felt is only used to hold compound (CROx, Dianond spray) for stroping.
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    That may be, but I've found a few laps on felt after linen takes care if my OCD for cleanliness of blade. Like they say, YMMV.
    "The sharpening stones from time to time provide officers with gasoline."

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