Thread: good cheap strop?

I just bought a tony miller plain vanilla, its in your price range and one heck of a strop

I may take Utopian up on his offer at some point but I have as of yet not even made my first shave lol will here in about half an hour......I'll make a post about it later tonight I think

But yah Rochester is only like 2 1/2 hours away not much further than Des Moines so some day I may have to take you up on the offer especially if I start honing my own razors .... I will probably need help lol

You are welcome any (almost!) time.

Haha I'll make sure to ask before I show up XD

Originally Posted by Tfosterjr

I just bought a tony miller plain vanilla, its in your price range and one heck of a strop

I bought one of those for my brother and agree that it is a very good strop.

Yep good advice and learn to shave and strop first , you need to know what a razor should shave like before you jump straight to honing , as you mentioned your on tight budget, and hones is not cheap ,, spend a little money on a decent strop, SRD. has some fine ones that are inexpensive, and you can change out the leather if you do mess it up beyond repair, but if you take your time and pay attention you shouldn't nick or cut it, I haven't cut a strop yet and I,m in this 2 years. Good luck. Tc

If you look at the SRD Latigo, consider the 3" version of it. It was helpful for me when learning how to strop, to have the extra width. It is a very nice strop.

Buy an SRD strop with replaceable leather. They have an entry level strop in the $50-60 range, with replaceable leather.

Can't go wrong with a SRD or Tony Miller. I just picked up a Tony Miller I don't think I will ever own anything else. Love everything about it. Let us know how your first shave went if your able to lol.

Here is a link to my other post about my first shave
http://straightrazorpalace.com/shavi...have-ever.html