Thread: Recommend a strop

Go to your local horse tack shop and have them cut you a piece of latigo leather 3.5 x 30". Ask to look first to get the smoothest leather they have. Cut a handle on it, punch a hole on the other end for a thong, and viola, you have a top notch strop for $12. (Avoid Tandy Leather b/c the finished side is too rough.)

Originally Posted by jbtusa

a top notch strop for $12.

Add a decent handle, and a canvas side, and... you still have a Latigo strop. Honestly, while this may work for you, it is not something I would recommend to anyone.

The extra long English bridle strop, however, is a gift that keeps on giving. Although I have "a few" other strops, this is the one I have been using more or less exclusively for many years.

I even got an English bridle pad for my modular SRD strop. Yes, the leather is that nice.

Hi

Getting piece of leather is the way to go.
Cheapest and best if you glue the leather to a piece of wood.
A firm strop is better because you will be less likely to round the edge over as you would with a slack traditional strop.
Get a second piece of leather and do the same thing glue it down.
get some 300 grit sand paper and sand the surface shine off.
Treat one with some corx green abrasive paste. or white car polish. I use turtle wax polish. it is finer than the green.
Good luck.
You dont have to spend a ton of money to get a good SR shave.

All strops do the same exact thing. A $500 Strop won't give one lick more benefit than a $60 one.

The more expensive one might make you feel better and it might be longer and thicker and a better piece of leather.

So the question you have to ask yourself is, do you just want something that gets the job done for a reasonable price or do you want something more?

The answer will guide you to what you buy. The usual vendors have plenty of choices for you.

Fendrihan has kanayama strops cheaper that Aframes Tokyo I would go there an definitely get a kanayama their cheapest one is 89$

Fendrihan has kanayama strops cheaper that Aframes Tokyo I would go there an definitely get a kanayama their cheapest one is 89$

If you could go outside the US, Scrupleworks makes a superior strop for 850 NOK, or about $100 even plus shipping from Norway, which is not too expensive... A beautiful strop!

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