SRD Fabrics

[LawsonStone]

I have an SRD strop with their nylon webbing but have been curious about the others. Is there anywhere a short description of each of the fabrics? I know this is not rocket science, but I rather like knowing a bit more about a product than simply its name. It's SRD, I know it will be good quality, I just like to know a bit more when I shop.

Thanks

[Stubear]

I had a natter with one of the other guys here who won an SRD PI in a giveaway which had the herringbone weave and who also had the P4.

He said both were pretty fast but the cotton had slightly more draw. He didnt notice a difference in the edge between them though.

[Nightblade]

I too would like to know,as I was thinking on getting the SRD premium fabric replacement for my english bridle strop.

[Maxi]

Search for SRD fabrics, and something from ShavedZombie should come up. He's got an addiction to strops, and his threads were pretty good.

I have the webbed and the hard wool felt. I like the felt for spays, and the for after the shave for 10 laps. I think it has a pretty cool feel.

That's my 0.02

[Utopian]

I don't have a whole lot of strop variety experience, but I have used the felt, herringbone, and nylon strops. For paste use, the pressed felt is fantastic for that purpose though the others work for it as well. I was concerned that the nylon would not work for pastes because I thought it would all get shifted down into the gaps but that is definitely not the case. The nylon works just fine.

For normal maintenance stropping, the nylon and herringbone work and function just fine. I use the nylon for post-honing stropping and though the zip, zip, zip sound seemed odd at first, it works great. My personal preference for maintenance stropping is the herringbone for one pathetic reason--it's simply more familiar to me. Functionally, I have not noticed any difference in function between the two.

[zib]

I have three, the linen component on the Premium 1, very nice, The webbed fabric on the english Bridle and the hard wool felt which I use for diamond spray...All are nice. If I had to pick one for everyday, it'd be the linen that comes with the Premium 1....

Rich

[pinklather]

For normal maintenance stropping, the nylon and herringbone work and function just fine. ... My personal preference for maintenance stropping is the herringbone for one pathetic reason--it's simply more familiar to me. Functionally, I have not noticed any difference in function between the two.

Hi Utopian. I had the impression that fabric of any sort was a first operation before going to plain leather - for normal daily stropping. Am I hearing rightly that the canvas or nylon web is adequate w/out leather? If so, it'll make some stuff easier.

(And BTW, your mineral oil/alchohol bath method is wonderful!)

Many Thx.