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"
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~Richard

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

Originally Posted by Dzanda

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.

Yeppers, strop stealing is rampant these days,Have taken to putting mine in the gun safe

My ideal travel strop is the palm of my hand.

I usually take along a Hess 44 and palm strop it after 10 shaves. On extended holiday, of course!

Badgister and Sharpton,

I, too, am fond of palm stropping. For the past few years, I have finished my pre-shave stropping with about 50 strokes on the palm of my hand. The palm of the hand is a pretty good strop: portable and free.