Thread: I may have a SAD problem

Originally Posted by gabrielcr78

LOL... of course not... i buy the leather from a providr i have in Australia... but i bet you can very well make a roo strop yourself.. your strops are great...
nevertheles.. i don't think there are many kangaroos in USA free for the taking and skinning.. they most live in zoos.. so.. we re in the same boat.. buy from Australia!!!!

anyway.. yeah.. in the hang you show in the pictures i still see there's a vacant for a roo strop.. come on.. you know you want one Tom....

made fby me or by yourself is the same.. you need one.. and you know it

So you are like an Australian Costa Rican! Starting to get it!

Sharptonn is short one of those strops as i just talked him out of one. Guess im getting a case of StAD too.

Uhhh man.... enjoy!!!!

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Originally Posted by nicknbleeding

So i finally got to restore some old strops. About a week ago i was thinking, ya know you should look for a Russian strop. So ebay i went. I had a few old ones i was working on. Since i was getting close to finishing them i thought i should post a pic. Well thats when i started counting, then looked around in my closet and was like, oh there is another strop, and another, and another. One of the ones i found was a Russian strop. So now i have 2. I told my GF i think i have 12 strops. She was like thats it? I thought you would have one for each shave of the year. I was like omg you are a genius..... So im not sure if that was a challenge or just shock i really didnt have one for every shave. Either way she is a keeper.

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Can confirm, you have a problem - you're 355 strops shy of a full set (Need to include one to break out every 4 years on a leap year!)

Yes. You have a SAD problem...

You may be right. Even Nigel Tufnel from "This is Spinal Tap" managed to get by with 11.

"Eleven. Exactly. One louder."

Ya gotta have a Roo, Tom.
Their like a velvet covered shell strop. And you can roll them up a stuff them in a duffel bag, should you go in vacation.


As to the OP.. I have a Russian that I rehydrated, from the wilds.
By far my favorite strop, brings out the best an edge can give. Its taken some time to bring it back to service, being it was as stiff and brittle as a cracker when I found it, but now its like a oil slicker, jacket. Soft and flexible, Med./ Light draw, and fast.

It can also be rolled up, with no I'll effects, like cracking.

Its only equal, has been the Roo. But that may change with the addition of a vintage, Presto,boar hide that I've been working on. Made by L.A. FLINKER, of Detroit, Michigan. Its usable as of now, but still has a few stiff spots in it, that will be gone in the next couple of applications of neats foot oil.

Love your description of the Roo. I hope I have the same experience.
Really can't wait. I have a Roo and a cordovan shell coming from Alastair

Originally Posted by Jlander

Love your description of the Roo. I hope I have the same experience.
Really can't wait. I have a Roo and a cordovan shell coming from Alastair

Its the only way I could describe it.
Their sooo soft, and thin, but very strong, with a velvety draw.

And they form to the shape of a smiling blade really nice, no need for X strokes.[emoji6]

Originally Posted by outback

Its the only way I could describe it.
Their sooo soft, and thin, but very strong, with a velvety draw.

And they form to the shape of a smiling blade really nice, no need for X strokes.[emoji6]

I know what you mean there. I have my Horween shell from Neil and a few other thin horsehide ones which are like that.
Great choices for smilers!