Thread: What is your favorite leather material?

Human baby hide is my favorite...best for that BBS shave.

Other than that I prefer the back hides off of young ladies.


Sincerely, Edward Gein

I'm going to have to say 'Roo...Has a firm draw and feels like it is doing something. My only other strop is an older bovine leather and it feels like I'm stropping on thin air. No feel to it whatsoever.


Mick

Originally Posted by JMS

Human baby hide is my favorite...best for that BBS shave.

Other than that I prefer the back hides off of young ladies.


Sincerely, Edward Gein

Ok, now I'm scared lol..!

Kanayama cordovan strop.

I used to like the draw of the Latigo but now I prefer less draw.When using a storp with less draw you don't have the problem of razors closing when you strop. The more draw you have the more I find that less tightly pinned razors tend to close.

Peening the pivot is not always the answer. Sometimes the pivot pin does not get any tighter, sometimes if you peen it to agressively you'll find that the blade moves off center. With exotic scales materials such as ivory I don't have the guts to peen the pivot pin agressively as you might crack one or both scales.

I think it is in the leather worker also..I have an Illinois that is latigo that is okay. and I have a a thicker peice from a leather worker and it is too stiff...but I have a pieace or red thin latigo hthat make that razor sing.....But to say all that, I finish with 40 strokes on a rolled up newspaper......

Originally Posted by heirkb

Is that the cordovan you got from me? If so, I'm glad you're enjoying the strop.

My favorites out of what I've tried are Kanayama 50,000 cordovan, vintage shell cordovan (the real stuff not the ones labeled cordovan as a gimmick), and modern shell cordovan.

Is this Ehsan or Zahra? Sorry ... the ad is not up anymore, and I'm not sure I'm connecting real name and user id/screen name. If it is the DD Pearlduck strop, yes ... it's great! Or if this is the ebay vintage 44-20 brand I purchased (two strops, actually) then I have used that shell cordovan, too, and it's very smooth. I have finally decided on a purchasing a new cordovan from Neil Miller who is working on it as we speak.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Tuxedo7

Is this Ehsan or Zahra? Sorry ... the ad is not up anymore, and I'm not sure I'm connecting real name and user id/screen name. If it is the DD Pearlduck strop, yes ... it's great! Or if this is the ebay vintage 44-20 brand I purchased (two strops, actually) then I have used that shell cordovan, too, and it's very smooth. I have finally decided on a purchasing a new cordovan from Neil Miller who is working on it as we speak.

Thanks!

Yup, it's Ehsan. I share my paypal account, which is the reason for the confusion with names.

You'll enjoy the modern shell cordovan, too. It's slick and smooth.

Ok, Roo me....

Kanayama cordovan strop 30k. Doing job perfectly!

Originally Posted by heirkb

Yup, it's Ehsan. I share my paypal account, which is the reason for the confusion with names.

Well, Ehsan ... the Pearlduck is a beaut, and I will definitely be keeping it, even after the 3" cordovan arrives. I really like it, and it's perfectly broken in. For funding of future acquisitions, I will probably be selling the others and keeping the Buffalo, New Cordovan, Vintage Cordovan and Linen for a standard rotation.

Thanks again!
Vic