Thread: Red Imp Strop, Anyone else have one like this?

Here's the pics from etsy, tell me what yall think! It was relatively inexpensive, I think I found a good buy. Anyone else have one?

Dang, that looks NOS. Nice find.

Yea I think it is! If I can find a NOS red imp now :/ I bought one claiming to be off of ebay, but it wasnt :/

Well, the strop should "bring your razor back to life".

Originally Posted by Leatherstockiings

Well, the strop should "bring your razor back to life".

Yea that's a dad joke

Those strops are famous. The cloth strop is the best quality Linen you can get. Some soap and water and a scrub brush and it will look like new with a greyish tint to it. They simply don't make em like that any more. The leather part is one of the thickest finest pieces of leather you will find. I have one just like yours and nothing beats it period either yesterday or today.

One of the ways of telling the quality of a vintage strop is the hardware it came with. The best strops have heavy solid hardware and that one has the best.

As TBS said, they were famous. They were the top of the line Certifyd strop. Finest shell horsehide. I knew pro barbers who swore by them years ago, and I have one that I use sometimes. Great strops.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

Those strops are famous. The cloth strop is the best quality Linen you can get. Some soap and water and a scrub brush and it will look like new with a greyish tint to it. They simply don't make em like that any more. The leather part is one of the thickest finest pieces of leather you will find. I have one just like yours and nothing beats it period either yesterday or today.

One of the ways of telling the quality of a vintage strop is the hardware it came with. The best strops have heavy solid hardware and that one has the best.

I'm scared im going to damage it

I have one too. It still works great.

What does the number 700c signify?

At the barber shop today I was talking to the barber about razors and strops. He showed me a vintage strop they had behind the counter. It was very heavy leather, twice as thick as my SRD Latigo strop. The very vague number at the bottom looked like 800.