Thread: The Elusive Travel Strop

Gentlemen,

For years, I have searched for my ideal hanging travel strop, but it still eludes me. I think it is time I design my own and have a prominent strop master make it. Since I strop the old barber style, with the blade at a slight angle, and use only about six to seven inches of stropping space, my strop will have a total length of about 12 inches, with a width of about three inches. No handles. Obviously, it will need some sort of tether or hook with which to hang it in the hotel bathroom.

While traveling, I have stropped on a rolled newspaper, auto seat belt material, blue jeans, the palm of my hand (although I finish my daily stropping with about 30 strokes on the palm of my hand) and a variety of other improvised strop materials, but still I want my own two-component travel strop. That's that.

I don't particularly care for paddle strops, although my current travel strop is the Kanoyama cordovan board strop, and it's okay. Currently I have the Kanoyama 70000 and 80000, as well as the Tolorf Horween oil tanned horse hide (the three-inch Tony Miller cowhide is dedicated for after honing), and have taken each on the road, with a leather tether to hang on doorknobs, they still fall short of ideal for my hanging travel strop.

Because of the heavy arthritis in my hands, especially in my thumb joints, I prefer light a draw in a strop. Also, as a novelist and freelance writer, I spend much of my day in my home office writing. That I use a fountain pen for the first draft of everything before switching to the computer, the right thumb takes an even more beating (Then again, writing with a beautiful fountain pen is one of life's greatest joys, but that's for another thread).

The material for my travel strop will be shell cordovan or another leather with light draw — I have tried kangaroo and don't much care for it.

So here we are, gentlemen: that's my ideal hanging travel strop. What is your ideal travel strop?

I take a Star Shaving strop with me all the time. I does take a certain size of travel bag to get it to lay flat, but that is no too big of a deal. I am often gone for a week or more. I do have a three day trip coming up for a Transport Canada exam, it will likely come on that too.

This is why I have a Feather shavette. That's my travel blade.

My travel strop is just an ordinary hanging strop. It's one of my cheaper strops, so I don't worry about it getting stolen. I pack it around the inside of my luggage so it isn't rolled or kinked. This works fine, and I've had no problems so far.

They had a lot of them back in the day...or evening!
Do a 'Bay search using these words :
"Retractable razor strop"
Think of the inside of a roller blind/ window shade. They are renewable.
~Richard

I have a tony miller travel strop works great and I would recommend it

I travel in a big urban assault vehicle made by Chevy. The rear door latch serves me well.

For deer camp's i use a self/strop made of 2-1/2 inch poly cotton for my linen, i have a star shaving beginners strop i can roll up..salute obie. -CAM-
Ah i forgot to mention the leather fits in an old round cookie tin .:-)

A nylon dog collar makes a versatile device for hanging strops to door knobs, shower handles, bed posts etc. It already has a d-ring and the plastic clip makes for quick install.

I bought a neil miller cordovan strop for a valet auto strop razor. A bit on the small side but it travels well. I don't have a second component