Thread: Floppy diy vrs 127 strop

Hay all
After a few months of using a few diy strops I wanted to see if a recommend strop, the Illinois 127 would give me longer lasting results. My impressions so far ; the 127 is extremely stiff , giving a cardboard like sound and feedback. The floppy broken in latego removes sharpie marks on the bevel way faster.
Before I sanded the 127 to level it, a fresh honed razor seemed to dull faster than when I used my most successful strop, the diy latego. ( I vacuumed and alcoholed the 127 after leveling.)

How important is the stiffness of strops?

I also use a dimond spray step on floppy latego for my normal progression, would it be worth making a stiff strop for that step too? I have some thicker veg tan and toung oil; I am thinking the 127 is treated with a hardening oil to make it so stiff.

I've had most success with almost no strop deflection and a light hand when stroping.

Thoughts?

Matt