View Poll Results: Do you use 'leather' or 'leather & fabric' strop?

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  1. 09-17-2010, 01:05 AM #1
    onimaru55
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    Fabric & leather for me too.
    I've read the fabric is unnecessary for the first stropping after honing but I always use something before leather sometimes felt sometimes linen.
    Some good info here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...=linen+leather
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    Definitely fabric and leather. Sometimes wool felt (no CrOx) and leather. I like the feeling of the hard wool felt on my SRD premium I.

    50 fabric
    50 leather

    sometimes i also just like the feeling of the Premium I, and (sheepishly) I'll do 100 leather, just because it feels good.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    Fabric & leather for me too.
    I've read the fabric is unnecessary for the first stropping after honing but I always use something before leather sometimes felt sometimes linen.
    Some good info here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...=linen+leather
    I also read/saw a vid where the fabric will remove loose particles from the blade, produced during honing, so as to not contaminate the strop.
    Quote Originally Posted by Maxi View Post
    Definitely fabric and leather. Sometimes wool felt (no CrOx) and leather. I like the feeling of the hard wool felt on my SRD premium I.

    50 fabric
    50 leather

    sometimes i also just like the feeling of the Premium I, and (sheepishly) I'll do 100 leather, just because it feels good.
    There are almost as many different fabric types as there are hone types eh? I'll have to read up more on this.
    Last edited by rostfrei; 09-17-2010 at 03:01 AM.
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