Thread: Few New Goodies

So the vintage strop is finally somewhere close to what I would call done. I kinda jumped right into this one and didn't take the best before pictures. However the pictures don't even do this thing justice. Truth be told when I bought it, I really didn't even know what I was looking at. Then after getting home and jumping on the forums, I realized I had actually acquired something pretty freaking cool.
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I orginally was going to leave the top stamp alone however after doing the bottom one I realized it looked terrible in contrast to the top one, so I went ahead and did it too. It is by no means perfect but she is ready for my rotation. This is an amazing strop to use, super slick, and super supple. I would imagine that after a few months of use and lots of palm rubbing, she is going to really show her true colors. The linen is also incredible, super soft but has this static feel like its pulling the blade in, and feels about as aggressive as my firehose. This thing is amazing and I hope you guys like it as much as I do.

Excellent work!

I have one of those. A hand-rubbed beauty from a Japanese barber.
Might be the last strop I would get rid of. Just a fine piece.
Kudos!

My dad told me to sell it for a profit and I don't think I've laughed that hard in a long time. This strop will die with me, as soon as he pulled it out of the trunk I said I'll take that one. He had like seven strops so safe to say that this strop spoke to me. And thank you so much for the nice words, I really look up to some of you mentors. Maybe one day when I'm a little older I could be a mentor of sorts.

I only use Ballistol to treat my shell strops & all the non rough out leather in my house. It just works! The gold leaf looks top notch & as soon as time will let me I will be giving this a try. Once again, beautiful work!
Get some Ballistol at ballistol.com , I just treated my granddaughters softball glove & she loves it!

Slawman

I didn't think it needed anything more than a good hydration so I didn't put anything on it. The draw and feel is really something else can't explain it. Time will tell how if I need to add any oil. It's been getting really nice with just palm rubbing everyday over the past week. At first the draw was super glassy and surface harder than what I was used too. Now it is really warming up into a nice mellow draw, and getting more supple with just handling everyday.

Looks so much nicer with the gold lettering. Nice job!

The secret to using any treatment on strops & most any leather product is to use very small amounts. Most people including me started out using way to much of what ever product & creating a mess. It is very hard to remove to much product than to add just a bit more. The thing about just using the oils from your hands is we all have oils that are a different Ph. Some may be fine or some way to much acid or base. Ballistol was invented for the German army before WW-1 to treat all the leather used in the uniforms and harness for the horses used back then. It's main property was for use as a gun oil that wouldn't get to thick in the winter.
I don't work for Ballistol or anything like that but I have found that "IT WORKS"! I have a little bottle by my drill press & it makes a great cutting oil. Even if you don't use it on your strops it is a great product to have in your shop. Check it out at ballistol.com