Just browsing and came across this little chappie.
Attachment 307666
Kanayama Cordovan Strop 77 - Japanese Natural Stones
It looks a little thinner and less lustrous maybe. Cant decided if I like the handle or not.
What do you all think?
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Just browsing and came across this little chappie.
Attachment 307666
Kanayama Cordovan Strop 77 - Japanese Natural Stones
It looks a little thinner and less lustrous maybe. Cant decided if I like the handle or not.
What do you all think?
I don't like the handle. I just love the simplicity of a nicely made barber strop with that lovely stamped seal at the bottom. the handle just looks awkward on this.
I agree the simplicity of Kanayamas and old barbers strops are beautiful and the quality of the leather speaks for itself.
It doesn't appear to be his normal Shell either.
Take the handle off of it and it would make a good short travel strop
JNS site says it's glued to cowhide for a thickness of 3.5mm, so must be a very thin piece of cordovan....
Neil Miller said that for every piece of Horween Shell that he used was 2.5mm. The Shell that Naomi San uses is a lot thicker, 3 to 5mm (probably working horses are used) So yes as its glued to cowhide it must be very thin indeed.
Unless its not Shell....
The old Valet auto strops were really thin. Thinner than roo. Don't know if they were shell or plain horse hide but they were cross hatched on the reverse side a la "Russian" leather.Quote:
Originally Posted by markbignosekelly
JimmyHad did a comparison of all his old Shell strops, all were around 4mm thick so the Valet was probably from some other leather.Quote:
Originally Posted by onimaru55
I saw these listed several years ago and just,never warmed up to the handle
I have seen them as well. Wonder about the usable length. The fabric?
Then, I can sorta see myself using that handle....And then not!
Maybe someone who has one could chime in but I imagine a 4mm strop would not work so well for a SE. I know Howrween comes as thin as .100" & I think my strop was marked "horse" but no longer have it so who knows?Quote:
Originally Posted by markbignosekelly
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Originally Posted by Jnatcat
I've seen the ones sold by Fendrihan but they are slightly different with the cotton secondary not the glued napped horse hide.Quote:
Originally Posted by sharptonn
What difference does the thickness make.
Life expectancy of the strop?
End result doesn't make a difference mate.
The usual Kanayama strops are much thicker, more than likely from working horses. Horween source their horse from France or Quebec whom consume horse meat with a result that the Shell obtained from the rump is much thinner than Kanayama is.
I was speculating that the Kanayama shown might not be Shell or sourced elsewhere.
It's times like these we need Neil Miller to set us straight!
Its not bad considering the price drop :)
