Thread: SRD Roo Strop

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

I've gotten a lot better with stropping for a couple of reasons. Your video didn't make me think a Roo strop would take fewer laps to get the job done, it was just enjoyable to watch you using it and it generated a desire to join in on the fun. (I needed that because I had gotten pretty discouraged with stropping in general.) The other reason was that I was under the impression that there was only one way to do it. Lynn Abrams sent me a PM assuring me that this wasn't the case, and since then I've become more relaxed and able to slow down. The funny thing about it is that it was only after reading his note that I was able to do it the way I had been trying to do it. So I thank both of you guys for getting me over my biggest obstacle in straight shaving. Sometimes when a member takes the time to make a video or pass along a note there is an unintended benefit that really helps.

I might start using that Roo strop pretty soon. I've been using that Big Daddy budget strop for about three months and it is in great shape.

In the meantime, I have a dog that is part Australian Shepherd. I guess there's a little Aussie in me...

Cajun do you have a link to the video? I tried searching on youtube but too many results pop up.

Originally Posted by CaliforniaCajun

I might start using that Roo strop pretty soon. I've been using that Big Daddy budget strop for about three months and it is in great shape.

Good onya, it only a bit of leather, get stuck in. And even with a few nicks remember that she'll be right mate.
Hows life on the road treating you?

Originally Posted by basil

Cajun do you have a link to the video? I tried searching on youtube but too many results pop up.

Doesn't he make it look fun?

Here's my 13-year-old U.S. (not Australian) Shepherd:

Jimbo if you have a hide kicking about would you be up for knocking together a strop for a fellow aussie. Trying to get one from one of you boys making them and Micks ready bowed out.

That was a good vid, I move my wrist a bit when I strop and thought it was bad, now I am not so fussed about it. Cheers CC and Jimbo.
If jimbo comes to Perth, I have a treehouse (well tree deck really) that he could make a stropping vid on, it even has monkey bars, a swing and a slide, for some stropping variety.