Thread: New Kanayama 70K

Pete the handle on my older strop is a steel ring and I believe it is riveted on. I like your idea though. So far I have just done some SLOW laps on it. I’ll try some more when it is time to shave in a couple of days.

Ok, plan B. See if you can let the ring hang loose and hold the strop without it.
A lot of strops have got a steel ring.

Pete <:-}

Thanks Pete, I’ll give it a go.

love love LOVE my 70k. but hate the end. can never get a good tight grip for long. so i bought a single D-ring end from well shaved gent (thank you tony) and installed in 2-minutes. best thing i never did.

I wonder , do you have arthritis? I could see that being an issue without a handle or d ring. I find it more comfortable without. But we are all different, I have noticed that most all vintage don't have handles though. I find out t better to hold both linen and leather together.

As to the sued, it doesn't do anything different than any over linen, but it sure does dry your edge after the shave well. Tc

I find the handles easier to hold but, even a barber end isnt hard to deal with. Its not like you got to pull it with 50lbs of tension. Snug or taught i think is the word. Now if i knew how to spell.

Saw this post and what a coincidence. I just opened this box this morning. Came here to inquire as to the best way to hold the strop. I have been stropping since joining this site, and yes, I have nicks to prove it! But I can strop cleanly when my head is in the game....which is mostly the case.
Anyway, I want the strop to be flat as I hone and I would think that an even grip will work and that it should be fairly intuitive; the strop is pretty thick after all. BUT, you experienced folk always offer good advice and I'm eager to accept. Thanks and best to all.

Good morning. All my strops were ordered with a barber end. My grip on any of them is as follows:




I find that my grip allows for strop tension to be exactly what I want for any strop and razor combination.

As an old dog, I'm different. I like learning new tricks. Never thought of holding a barber's strop in that way.

I think that way of holding the strop is brilliant. My old barber strop has an imprint on the end so you can’t strop down there anyway and holding it from the back is putting a flex in the leather from the shape of my grip.

I disagree about holding the leather and suede together. Holding only the leather gives you more control over the tension in the strop.