Thread: Strop Conditioner

Originally Posted by Hirlau

My weekly maintenance of my strops is just a simple rub down with my hands.

1+ Same for me...oil from my hands only.

IMHO, the best conditioner for a strop is hand palming, or nothing at all. Only rarely does one of my strops need any attention .. less is more!

And, I'm with the others on Galco .. Consumer grade, meaning decent, but not great!

BTW, Ive never, ever had a bad experience with any Galco holster.

Check this out: Holster Lessons Learned Expensively

Be sure to read posts by Lobo & Red Nichols.

Originally Posted by TreeBrand

BTW, Ive never, ever had a bad experience with any Galco holster.

Check this out: Holster Lessons Learned Expensively

Be sure to read posts by Lobo & Red Nichols.

I've never had a bad experience with a Galco either.

I'm not going to argue with you on holsters & I'm not interested in reading gun forum debates at the moment.

But,,, thank you for the links.

Hi Hirlau,

The parallel is one could spend a fortune on a holster and get inferior quality. And I'm guessing that one could spend a large amount on leather conditioner and get small amount of quality.

I'm not arguing anything. I'm new to straight razor shaving. I'm merely hoping to learn from knowledgeable posters whether big bucks leather conditioner would do a better job than Luxol.

You're welcome for the link. It was enlightening to learn from holster craftsmen.

Hirlar,

Going on memory, Bianchi was an LAPD cop who began making holsters in his garage.

I've owned a couple Bianchi holsters. Let's agree to disagree on than one. But then again, what's perfect for one might be all wrong for another.

If you're still in the bad guy catching business, stay safe. Last week was another sadly horrendous week for law enforcement professionals in CA.

If you are talking a new quality strop they seldom need anything beyond a patdown with your hands. I live in single digit humidity and most of my strops do fine. Maybe once a year or less I'll use a drop or two of neatsfoot on some of them.

For vintage strops in rough shape conditioner might be beneficial. As I recall lexol uses petro products which can damage leather. Bick is great stuff it's ph balanced for leather and way more gentler. if you want top of the line leather treatment leatherique is what you want but it's very expensive but the cat's meow.

Originally Posted by TreeBrand

Hirlar,

Going on memory, Bianchi was an LAPD cop who began making holsters in his garage.

I've owned a couple Bianchi holsters. Let's agree to disagree on than one. But then again, what's perfect for one might be all wrong for another.

If you're still in the bad guy catching business, stay safe. Last week was another sadly horrendous week for law enforcement professionals in CA.

Have you seen what the 1st Leatherman Tool looked like? It was started (idea wise)on a street corner, then a hotel room. The rest is a well documented story on their website. Worth the read.

Thank you, been retired for 9 years.
I don't believe we have a "Holster" thread; so you could start one in the Conversation section. I think a lot of the guys would like that.

Actually, John was with, Monrovia PD, a Southern California suburb, north east of Los Angeles, and a real nice guy.

John Jr. innovated the modern holster industry, and a leader in holster design. Many features of which are still found in holsters today, including supplying the movie industry with leather for many iconic Western stars.

Yes, Lexol works great on all leathers that I have tried it on except for the really dried out specimens. I tried a lot of stuff, some expensive, to revive old leather with so-so results. Then I discovered (cheap!) glycerin. Really works well on old saddles and bridles.