Thread: Premium Strop Options

The difference between paddle srops and hanging strops is noteworthy. I recommend a hanging strop. Neil Miller should be considered! JMHO

Originally Posted by sharptonn

The difference between paddle srops and hanging strops is noteworthy. I recommend a hanging strop. Neil Miller should be considered! JMHO

oh, a neil miller strop is in my future...don't you worry. but for the time being, considering current fund availability...many of them being sold out on his site...

i've always wanted to try a paddle strop (yes, i'm aware it's a totally different experience), so the SRD modular paddle seems like a lot of fun to play with for a good price. the neil miller strop may have wait until may when my loved ones just can't figure out what to get me for my birthday

Call me jaded, but I have yet to see a newly made strop and linen that compares with an old high quality strop and linen. Most of the leather I have seen is too thin, as is the linen.

What I did is purchase some old style strop hardware with screw clamp, just like the original antique strops, and selected a good piece of cowhide and added an old thick linen that I had left over from an antique strap that fell apart do to age. That tops anything I have seen offered by current manufacture and from the cost of one or two newly manufactured strops, you can buy enough cowhide or horsehide to make a half dozen to a dozen strops. But it's not as quick as just buying one from someone else.

Don't forget about Scrupleworks strops, many consider them to be top of the line.
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