Thread: CKTG $20 Strop

Leather Strop - Hanging Barber Strop 3" x 18"


Don't get it...

I took a gamble and it didn't pay off, I should have known it was to good to be true. So I'm passing this along to others so they don't waste there money as well.

Mine arrived in box appropriately packaged with no visible signs of shipping damage. The inner / product packaging was simply a plastic unsealed bag with a button snap. So I took a gander at the face of the strop and man If i where a betting man I would say someone had tried it out, in a bad way. The face had a deep mar about 4 inches long on the top portion longways about a 1/16" deep and down about the 1/3 point on the strop a horizontal scuff which I would even venture looks to be a slight cut from a bad blade rotation. Despite these issues the overall face was still fairly inconsistent or heavily textured grain for what I would consider not smooth enough to strop on as a medium. I have to believe that it would introduce more misalignment than fix, so I'm not putting my razors on it and returning it.

Live and Learn as they say.

I'm posting several photos of the issues as well as a zoomed in spot of the harsh grain for your eyes.

I know that warning people about bad equipment is helpful for our members, but doesn't this also fall into the category of prohibited vendor bashing?

Originally Posted by Utopian

I know that warning people about bad equipment is helpful for our members, but doesn't this also fall into the category of prohibited vendor bashing?

Agreed. I'm sure mod will step in. Hopefully provide some guidance. I think a review of strop is fair, but should be left at that. Certainly nothing scathing here, but it is important to be respectful.

That is not the intent I like CKTG. I'm not bashing the company just this one product and had to mention there name b/c it's proprietary. If this is an issue then please would a mod remove the thread.

Originally Posted by RazorCut

That is not the intent I like CKTG. I'm not bashing the company just this one product and had to mention there name b/c it's proprietary. If this is an issue then please would a mod remove the thread.

I completely understand your sentiment and I agree with it. I know I have skirted around the rule a few times. Honestly I'm just not certain exactly where the line is, or should be, drawn.

TBH, since razorcut is a newer member, this may be taken as good advise, but bashing a vendor, good or bad, is not how we roll.
With all the info here on strops considered, showing a new 20 dollar fail is something everyone can see.
Hopefully (again with available info), the majority here would not approach this avenue?

If they did, I should think confessing to it would serve no purpose.
JMHO, YMMV

Thanks. I realize to those that have been around the block so to speak, that they recognized this was a bad choice but to me it was not so obvious. In fact, I had seen this strop recommended by a member to another but I'm not going to cite the thread or name names, thats not my style. So without further scrutiny and only $20 bucks I pulled the trigger. In hinesight I felt there should be a thread on this strop particularly for those interested and the choice not being obvious, so that they could make an informed decision. So in the end I suppose that goal has been meet by several in not so many words echoing this product was a joke and people should know better - atleast that was what I got out of it.

When it comes to razordom a really low price usually has a hidden cost.