Thread: saw this today at a local antique mall, curses i havent the money

well if it is there this weekend, it will be in my posession by saturday afternoon. will have strop porn to show you by that evening

I think it will still be there . There aren't a lot of people out there looking for old razor strops . There are some , but not a lot . And the seller might let it go for less than the asking price .

well, i now have it in my possession, i did find one knick in the edge on the finishing leather, but other than that, its in fine shape, i brought it home and saddlesoaped it up, gonna take it to a saddle shop and have the stitching on the top, and im good to go, i have pics i will load in a little while, dont want to mess up my wifes frontierville on facebook, that is going in another tab currently

as promised here are the pics, there are 7 of them

That is a mighty sweet looking strop! I noticed one side/strop had "sharpen" on it and looks textured. Any chance it's loaded with paste? Might want to check that out first, although, I haven't the faintest idea how to do that.

Originally Posted by wvloony

well, i now have it in my possession, i did find one knick in the edge on the finishing leather, but other than that, its in fine shape, i brought it home and saddlesoaped it up, gonna take it to a saddle shop and have the stitching on the top, and im good to go, i have pics i will load in a little while, dont want to mess up my wifes frontierville on facebook, that is going in another tab currently

When you get to addressing the nick let us know what you
decide to do. I have a new to me used Scotch Shell strop that
has a smaller nick in about the same exact place and have been looking for
some cleaner and flexible leather cement to fix it. I may just sand
it off but it is beautiful leather so I am being deliberate in deciding.

yep i know that feeling, having no cash to spare, i just keep checking for bargains on ebay, not the best place for strop buying but i did manage to make 4 out of cheep leather from an English supplier that do the job just fine so far

good luck !

ian

It would be VERY cool to bring that baby back to life. I like that big metal Shumate emblem on the top.

Nice find !

As far as reconditioning wvloony's Shumate strop, he says he has saddle soaped it and I guess that is step 1 in the process. I think sanding with progressively finer grits would bring the leather surface up to par.

I started thefollowing thread on 6/22. It concerns a strop stone that was used many years ago to condition the strop surface.
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[Strop-Stone ???
While reading about str8 shaving in the old days, I came across what is referred to a "Strop-Stone".

This was a stone used to dress a strop, canvas as well as leather.

I checked the WIKI but couldn't find any reference for a Strop-Stone.

There is an example of an advertisement for one of these stones in "THE STANDARD GUIDE TO RAZORS, third edition.

Does anyone actually have one of these strop-stones? How about a photo? ]
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Again, I think that strop can be returned to useable condition with the right amount of TLC. Good Luck Mr. Loony and I'm sure that's not your correct name. Full speed ahead on the strop...............