Thread: An Unscientific Comparison Of The Thickness Of Shell Strops

Nice selection! I love the look of the duck strop...I will be looking for one now

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

I used to have loads of strops like that. I'm glad I thinned the Herd.

If I had to pick the strop that's the most pleasureable to use it would have to be the Livi Loom. the leather is indeed like buttah.

I had one and it indeed is the finest, thinnest leather I've ever seen. Great tool.

As a relative newcomer to SR shaving, strops, etc, I've noticed that a lot of shell strops do not have handles, D-rings, etc. on the free end. I was curious as to why that is.

Originally Posted by donaldjr1969

As a relative newcomer to SR shaving, strops, etc, I've noticed that a lot of shell strops do not have handles, D-rings, etc. on the free end. I was curious as to why that is.

Just IMHO, from observations made over the years. The pro barber strops always came without D-rings or handles. The non professional, home owner's strops had handles and were usually shorter than the professional strops. I never saw D-rings until the past 10 years on artisan strops. I wasn't exactly looking for them, so they may have been around on pro strops, but that is IME.

My Koken hand finished Imported Shell horsehide #1 Selection strop is about 5/32" thick. My Jager Barber Supply Shell strop is just over 1/8" thick & the leather honing strop is 1/8" thick. I love both of these strops but if I could only have one it would be the Koken I have to say.

My only strop was a travel sized Dovo from AoS, but I just restored a big Irwin strop that is very nice. I couldnt tell the make until I refurbished the leather, and then the letters became legible. As an aside , the ugliest word in the shaving world has to be "Sunasack", that ugly word on my strop confused the crud out of me.