SRD natural strop

have been looking at the SRD natural strop in 3". does anyone have any experience in using this strop.had my heart set on the Tony Miller plain chocolate but hes always out of stock. thought he had some today but sold out almost right away. i have been using Larrys Whipped Dog strops . cut my first to ribbons and the second seems a little better only a few nicks so i would like to move to something a little nicer.

You can't go wrong with an SRD strop.... I have one as well as 2 TM strops and they are all great. As for the Natural, I don't have one, but I'm confident in Lynn and Don and their choices of leathers. *Any* of their strops are equally good for razors, it's only a matter of what you prefer. I personally have an English Bridal and from the descriptions I've seen and heard, I may give the Roo a try, but if I had unlimited funds... I'd buy'em all! :p

I was just at the meet last weekend at SRD hosted by Lynn and Don and got to check out all of the strops up close. I can tell you that all the strops are of the highest quality. I have a Tony Miller fast bridle strop which works great for me and is awesome. It's fast and has a light draw. All of the SRD strops are easily on par with it quality wise. As far as the type of leather, the draw and the width that's a matter of personal preference and is entirely up to you.

Pete <:-}

I own the natural in 3", it's a good strop. It was my only strop for 7-8 months and it works. The webbing on the back does break-in with use and will quiet down on the "zip".

Thank you for the replies. definitely leaning towards the natural SRD, still not too sure of my stropping ability so dont want to invest in anything on the expensive side but still want to step up from the poor man strop

The only reason to spend more on a strop is because you WANT TO.... you won't gain anything over the SRD strops except for "looks" or bragging rights as far as I am concerned ( I will admit one of those Scrupleworks hand made strops look very nice). It's also a nice feature of the SRD strops that if you DO cut it badly enough, they have replacements parts available. Or... you can try a different leather if you wish, or the other fabric (depending on what you chose originally).

Lastly, don't fret too much about a nick or two in your strop. My dad was a barber and his last chair strop was so full of nicks and cuts, it was downright scary. If a nick doesn't interfere with stropping... don't worry about it. If it does, sand it down until it doesn't. If there's a flap, you can glue it back with some contact cement. If it's too small to glue down, just cut it off and smooth out the area with some sandpaper. And whenever you use sandpaper on a strop, make absolutely sure there's no grit left behind in the strop or it WILL damage the edge of your razor.

And... if it still bugs you, and it's an SRD strop.... you can always just order that replacement leather or linen component. :D

Regards

Kaptain "All I need is my SRD strop, but that doesn't stop me from WANTING a Scrupleworks...<sigh>" Zero