Thread: Dovo strops - any good?

I've got one of those (well, my first and only, actually). I quite like it. It's really well made, but it IS narrow. I've seen some larger (wider and longer) strops in The Shaver Shop that I like, but actually there's a benefit to a shorter strop. I have a really small bathroom, and a longer strop would mean I'd have to stand back further from where I attach it (via a carabiner) to the towel rail. Also, the handle end is easy to hold and I can pack it really easily for travel. I use the canvas side un pasted and do 30/70 canvas/leather before each shave. When I first saw the strop in the shop I thought "100 bucks for THAT!!!" but when I got it home I appreciated the quality.

Considering the exchange rate (i.e. working out what it cost me for mine and the cost of the razor and strop in pounds), I think you've done well.

BTW, it looks new, mine came in that tissue paper as well....

[EDIT] Don't you love the term 'won' on eBay? I know we 'win' the auctions, but at a subliminal level it makes it sound like we've just got a prize at the fair rather than we've just forked out our hard earned dosh...

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

Don't you love the term 'won' on eBay? I know we 'win' the auctions, but at a subliminal level it makes it sound like we've just got a prize at the fair rather than we've just forked out our hard earned dosh...

Well yeah its great and I suppose it would be better to say secured but I out bid the other guy and was only pence away from my limit, I was intending getting an new Doco and provided its what I think it is (a Prima Silver Steel) the place I would buy it from is asking £79, since it is all wrapped and the vendor stated it was new never sed (I'm a trusting soul) I would have paid the same for just the razor.

Originally Posted by Jeltz

Well yeah its great and I suppose it would be better to say secured but I out bid the other guy and was only pence away from my limit, I was intending getting an new Doco and provided its what I think it is (a Prima Silver Steel) the place I would buy it from is asking £79, since it is all wrapped and the vendor stated it was new never sed (I'm a trusting soul) I would have paid the same for just the razor.

I'm just being silly...I do like eBay, but sometimes I (and my wife) wish I didn't :-)

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

I'm just being silly...I do like eBay, but sometimes I (and my wife) wish I didn't :-)

My wife loves eBay too, 'cause she buys SHOES.
It's a pain when I go to the Post Office to collect a parcel, thinking that it is the razors that I've been waiting weeks for, only to find out that it's addressed to her......bummer

Has anyone discovered why they don't make a 2.5" strop with linen?