Thread: Kanayama Cordovan Strop 90000 - Not the quality it used to be

It was the last strop in stock, probably for a simple reason. Nobody wanted it, or he couldn't / wouldn't sell it, only as last resort.

I can't comment on others, but whereas they all used to be perfect; I read that a few lesser slip through.

I wish I had ordered from Kanayama directly as I suspect his QC would be good; although import duties and taxes that my country charges are insane so I looked for a European vendor.

Either way. I cut off a piece of the rough feeling leather and keep working the leather with daily palm rubbing and stropping a spare razor on it to smooth it out.
The leather doesn't feel the same as the strop I bought a decade ago, but I feel that it will eventually turn out to be a fine functional strop. All good.

Originally Posted by YokohamaGaijin

I have purchased three strops directly from Kanayama in the last two years.
I literally went to the workshop in Tokyo.They are 80,000 and 90,0000 with
zero issues. Sorry that you had a problem.

How was the leather on them when you bought them new?

I don't understand why mine has a film on it that releases small shiny coating like particles when I strop on it.