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    I'm constrained by the fact that the leather and jute of my strop are sewn together. Will have to take a more hands on approach to conditioning the jute than washing machine [emoji6]
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    FYI, I was contacted by Shane of Flaquito Leather (on Etsy) who said the jute on the strops he makes doesn't really need any break in other than just daily use. He uses one pretty regularly in his rotation of strops. He says he doesn't feel it would harm my razor at all & believes the jute works just as well as the cotton options. So I'll start giving it a try and see how it turns out.

    If anyone is interested in a source for custom strops, you might check out Flaquito Leathers (I have no connection with FL, so this is just a personal recommendation).
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    I’ve never used a Jute strop but have and use a HEMP strop. I do not see where it would be much different. The HEMP strop was made by our own Kelly “nun2sharp” and works excellent.
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    BTW, I replaced my Kanoyama linen with Kelly’s HEMP Strop….. puff, puff, give.
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    Quote Originally Posted by MODINE View Post
    BTW, I replaced my Kanoyama linen with Kelly’s HEMP Strop….. puff, puff, give.
    Mike
    Interesting: I have been contemplating replacing my Kanayama coton strop with a flax linen strop. Linen works so much better than cotton. Flax, jute and hemp have one thing in common: they are bark fibers. Cotton is a seed fluff fiber. In my opinion cotton is to soft for a strop.
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    All you folks replacing your Kanoyama cotton strops, contact me if you need to properly dispose of them [emoji23]
    As the time passes, so we learn.

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    You really like the Kanayama cotton strops? IMHO they are mediocre. Mine had one or 2 knots on the front of the strop that I had to push to the other side.
    Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.

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    I think I would find some use for them.. pastes, Crox, or just plain.. should work alright.
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    I've just received a Kanayama 60000 and was very interested to see what they used for the canvas component. On careful side-by-side examination, it is almost indistinguishable from that used on my SRD 3" English bridle leather strop - except for the color. The surface is very even and regular; it sounds and feels just like the SRD in use. I definitely prefer these two canvas strops to the hard linen on my Tony Miller strop, which is too slick and fast for my liking.

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