Thread: Linen or poly webbing...

I also do not care for poly webbing, however I have an old piece of seatbelt that I use for a pasted strop. Linen is awesome cotton next.

I recently made a strop using craft burlap on the backside. I did sand it down on the belt sander to take the 'edge' off. I've been using it for the past month or so and really like it.

Gentlemen,
These days I use only leather. When I did use the second component on my strop, genuine linen was my first choice. I not only liked the feel and the sound of stropping on it, but also its toned abrasiveness. Oh, as for poly webbing, I don't like it, because, among other things, it just doesn't feel right.

Linen for me. I've used poly and felt, but just prefer the linen. If it was good enough for barbers for over 100 years it is good enough for me.