Thread: Show me your well-used strops!

Originally Posted by Steve56

Kanoyama 80000, bought used about 6-7 years ago. It’s well polished and has had no ‘treatment’ - I even stopped hand rubbing it since that seemed to make it dirtier.

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Oooooh purty!

Originally Posted by CrescentCityRazors

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Here's one of the first strops I made, I guess about 10 years ago, and it has been my daily driver since. No bolster pieces, just fold-over construction. Cowhide, soaked and compressed, treated with neatsfoot, beeswax, and a dash of linseed oil. D rings were from an old climbing harness I had to condemn on a ship because it was past its expiration date, and I thought hey, these would make a real bad@$$ strop.

The hardware looks amazing! Nice size too. Impressive!

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

Love the look of a well used vintage strop and those secondaries can be great too! They vary quite a bit but I have saved the ones in good condition. Three of them are double leather, the rest your different kinds of linen.Attachment 319803Attachment 319804

It's not very often that you see a seven day set of STROPS! Well nine, but who's counting... Great collection!

Originally Posted by Toroblanco

This is my most used one by me. Only because it is so smooth! Attachment 319805
40 laps and I'm done. Good o'le Idian pony shell! Original owner must have loved stroping and was very good at. Must have took a very long time to get it this smooth.

Like a mirror! A thing of beauty.

Originally Posted by Steve56

Kanoyama 80000, bought used about 6-7 years ago. It’s well polished and has had no ‘treatment’ - I even stopped hand rubbing it since that seemed to make it dirtier.

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That's it, I am starting a Kanayama piggy bank. I have to have one of these at some stage. Since I only really shave with kamisori's these days, it's the only right choice if I am to upgrade my strop!

Originally Posted by Zwilling

The hardware looks amazing! Nice size too. Impressive!

Thanks! Shortly after making that one I started using the more common bolster style construction, with a piece of leather folded through the D ring and the end of the body piece sandwiched between the ends of the folded bolster. It is just more flexible and versatile, and looks better FWIW. Doesn't make it WORK any better tho.

Yeah I would love to have a good source for that style D ring. I had a very limited supply and now that is totally dried up because I am retired. I suppose I could have something made in India or Pakistan or some place but meh. I usually manage to find regular heavy duty D rings for a decent price, on ebay or amazon or just searching the various leather vendors or saddle shops. I have never had to resort to flimsy D rings.