Originally Posted by
hardblues
I'll humbly weigh in...both of my leathers are SRD...starting about 7/8 years ago, my first was the Latigo and served me fine w/good shaves. Unfortunately, my initial stropping wasn't up to par and resulted in nicks at both ends of the strop which means I was as unskilled on the to-stroke as the away-stroke...consistent at least. Instead of purchasing a replacement leather, I just more carefully shortened my strokes with more care and this leads me to my point. I decided that rather than continue my poor technique until it was engrained, I would perfect my technique and took an old razor I purchased off of ebay, dulled the edge and then each night, I would slowly go thru a couple hundred slow perfect repetitions, flipping the razor between my index and thumb instead of rotating my wrist, which, is the correct method according to the pros. I continued doing this until I no longer regressed into the wrist-twist...also, when you do it this way, it greatly assists in reduced pressure, whereas the wrist twist can result in too much pressure and inconsistent flat contact. Now, I'm not saying your technique is bad...I have no idea, but, throw that out as it greatly helped me. I now own a English bridle from SRD...love it...I would agree with Hirlau in saying the latigo and the kangaroo, (which I have no experience with), would do everything you or I would want...with good technique.