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strop flaking/raising up
Hi. I'm new to the straight razor game. I'm female and I've been trimming,styling and shaving my husband for the last 7 years. He bought me a great razor, strap, and conditioner for Christmas. I've been trying to condition and break in the strop. I use mostly bottle method with fromm conditioner. My question is this. Is it normal for areas of the strip to raise up and chip off while stropping? I Have to condition for the areas to at least lay back down, but it comes right back when stropping again. Is this normal? Something that will eventually wear away with use? I can't help to think it is damaging to the blade to strop on such rough leather.
Strop: Illinois 827
Conditioner: fromm
Razor: Dovo Solingen 100 581 5/8"
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Hello and welcome to SRP!
Please tell us what conditioner you are using exactly and show us a good picture of the strop.**EDIT: You said fromm conditioner /EDIT Cavalry to follow ;)
Let's get that hubby shaved again. FYI-we also have a Ladies subforum, in case you're interested.
k/r
Siguy
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I have that strop, not normal. NO more Fromm conditioner, use very sparingly... please post pics if you can!
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and the weird part is, that the direction the flakes pull up from the leather is the opposite way i run the razor so know I'm not hacking into it with the blade. I do the weight of the blade only, as flat as possible in a z pattern roughly 30-50 times both ways.
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Please tell me that wasn't the smooth side.
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Is that an illiinois 827 Russian strop? If so mine is rough like that also, don't know if it's normal but you aren't the only one experiencing that. I've used a bit of neetsfoot oil on mine with no real change. It still seems to do the job. Hope that helps
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That is the side facing out. Inside has multiple notched symmetrical lines. It has a second linen part I haven't used yet.
Yes it is the russian
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I think you are stropping with blade at an angle- cutting the leather and hurting razor (or are you leading the edge?). Go see video on stropping, razor blade just follows so gently the spine... Look in the library.. or in the stropping section
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If I am doing it wrong, what can I do to fix the damage to the strop? Also, Is it ok to keep using this one to sharpen my razor?
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I wouldn't use it. May well be fixable. Read this info from the library, read the links also:
http://straightrazorpalace.com/srpwi...p/Razor_Strops
Likely can be repaired but read all before doing anymore damage..