Thread: New strop, New nicks.

I bought a new strop and was trying very hard not to nic it. and i did!

Ah that sucks to hear?
Was this your first strop or a replacement?

That stinks. How deep is it? If you don't feel it while stropping you can probably just leave it alone. For something deeper perhaps look at this: Strop treatment and repair - Straight Razor Place Wiki.

Its a replacement strop, its Identical to my first. And they are little nics that i can fix, but still.

Originally Posted by Andrevs20

Its a replacement strop, its Identical to my first. And they are little nics that i can fix, but still.

Don't be so hard on yourself... It happens, and there are lot's of folks in that same boat with you! Myself included...
If it's a modular strop, the leather component can always be replaced.

Originally Posted by Andrevs20

Its a replacement strop, its Identical to my first. And they are little nics that i can fix, but still.

I'm in a similar situation. Embarrassed to say I did not rotate my razor on the spine when stropping which caused a few small nicks / small cuts (it almost look like the leather cracked)

What do you recommend to fix these?

You can use very fine sandpaper or a fine grained pumice stone to fix small nicks.

Don't worry things happen.

I have some slices in mine from trying to Hone on it accidental , I just went the wrong way a few times. I would definitely use the Wiki to see if it can be repaired and how to. Unfortunately I don't think mine are fixable, I just try not to go down to wehre the slices are.

Think this happens to us all at some point, my first strop was a piece of junk, but i stuck at it, learned on it, nicked it, then when i was more confident, covered the whole thing with chrox powder and bought a decent one!

Originally Posted by technika1

Think this happens to us all at some point, my first strop was a piece of junk, but i stuck at it, learned on it, nicked it, then when i was more confident, covered the whole thing with chrox powder and bought a decent one!

That is something to think about. I will have to look into the Chrox for when I get antoher strop that is more usable.