Vintage shell strops and couple of horse hide

**sharptonn** · 03-01-2018, 08:45 PM

Here are some of my favorite oldies;
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Left to right
-Awesome 700C Certifyd Russian. Like Tc's old Tokyo strop, it was owned and rubbed by Yamamoto the Japanese Barber. Such a lovely thing to strop on!

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-A Wagner Shell 3357. Butter. Pure Butter!

-Hess #100 clydesdale shell. Pure stropping bliss!

-NOS Tripoli boarhide. Most effective strop I have, I think.

-NOS Certifyd Camel 124. Talk about thick! Is it camel-hide? Likely horse!
Mighty soft and limber to be so thick.
Here it is next to a pen...
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A seemingly very grungy pen.

**Jnatcat** · 03-01-2018, 09:04 PM

Sharptonn,

Anytime you need a strop tester give me a shout, I would love to compare what I currently have to a truly vintage piece of leather, the closest I have is my Kanayama 50and according the the seller it’s about 8 years old and that’s old but not truly vintage, the rest of my small strop collection are all recently produced by either Tony Miller or Alastair Summer with Westholme.

**Gasman** · 03-01-2018, 09:22 PM

Very cool Tom. I have the kanayama but no old shell. I need to find one of those. I dont know why beside i dont have one. Some day.

**petercp4e** · 03-01-2018, 09:54 PM

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I only have one, a Dubl Duck (Pardon the just so so cell phone pic.)
Works really nicely especially on thin hollow ground blades.

Pete <:-}

**BWH1980** · 03-01-2018, 10:21 PM

Awesome strops everyone! I have a few vintage Shells. Your guys seem very supple and have great luster! How is this accomplished?

**AcquaDiParmesan** · 03-01-2018, 10:55 PM

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Poor photographs but here’s an old Pelican

**sharptonn** · 03-02-2018, 12:13 AM

Originally Posted by BWH1980

Awesome strops everyone! I have a few vintage Shells. Your guys seem very supple and have great luster! How is this accomplished?

Lots of hand-rubbing!

**sharptonn** · 03-02-2018, 12:17 AM

Originally Posted by AcquaDiParmesan

Poor photographs but here’s an old Pelican

HooWeee! That one looks thick. What is the secondary?

**tcrideshd** · 03-02-2018, 03:11 AM

Originally Posted by BWH1980

Awesome strops everyone! I have a few vintage Shells. Your guys seem very supple and have great luster! How is this accomplished?

Mostly because they were in great shape to start with, a little tlc goes a long way with a great piece of leather. Tc

**Toroblanco** · 03-02-2018, 03:29 AM

Here are the pics from the secondary pieces. Can you guys post pics of the secondary please. So many different types it's cool to see those too! Name: DSC00951.jpg
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