Thread: good cheap strop?

My first strop was a cheap one. Paid 5$ on ebay. Worst mistake in my life. Had it for 5 stropings and it fall apart. After that i bought a nice Dovo strop for 50€ and some leather for custom made strop.

I was going to buy a latigo so that sounds like a good idea so I can try it before I buy a new one then can do the same thing and give it to the next guy later when I do get a new one!!

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Making a linen strop out of denim - Straight Razor Place Library

Making a (very) home-made strop - Straight Razor Place Library

I was not planning on making a strop.

Originally Posted by lutherus

My first strop was a cheap one. Paid 5$ on ebay. Worst mistake in my life.....

Oh boy.. I did this too...

What I got was something that looked like a strop.. It had handles and a hook to hang it from. But that's where all similarities ended. The leather was horrible; crinkled and stiff with a nasty cup. I never used it.. not once. The second component was.. I don't know what it was but it sure wasn't linen or cotton. I think it was a slat from an old Venetian blind or maybe a wide piece of those plastic shipping straps that are impossible to cut. I scavenged the metal ends and threw the rest in the garbage.

My first is a poor man's strop from Whipped dog straights ...... It gets the job done