Thread: Heirloom Razor Strops

I'm going to start off saying that I did try to search on this forum but I didn't really find anything about it. I remember stumbling on it during a google search but I couldn't find it again.

The strops are made by the Heirloom Razor Strop Co. and I was wondering if anyone have actually bought and used these strops and how would it compare (and I use this loosely) with other strops within their price range. I'm a huge sucker for handmade and/or custom-made things and I'd love to go and research a variation of strops.

I currently use a nylon guitar strap and a slab of maple with abrasives to do my stropping and I'd like an upgrade :P Anyone's opinion is greatly appreciated.


Thanks,
D.

Heres the website if anyones interested (and have never heard of it):
The Well Shaved Gentleman The Heirloom Razor Strop Company

Wellcome to SRP,you cannot go wrong with the above vendor,are some of the best of the best.

I actually just ordered three of these about a month ago or so. Received them two weeks ago.

Great strops! Very smooth and seem to work well.

I recommend getting the "practice strop" as well. Great for practicing or traveling.

I'll put some pics up soon.

There is a large selection of handmade razor strops on the market. Heirloom is one supplier, Straight Razor Designs has
probably the finest overall selection of leathers for their strops, Neil Miller in England makes some of the very finest custom
made strops as his expertise with leatherworking would be hard to top. In addition to the folks named above there are many more suppliers of fine strops. Read the strop section on the forum here and you come away with some good ideas. Good luck in your search.

@pixelfixed - Thanks!

@ZeroCool - I've heard that getting the practice strop was a good bet and I'll have to definitely think about it. I look forward to some pictures

@l6z - I've looked into Neil Miller's strop shop and my, they're quite expensive haha but I'm sure its worth the money (out of my current budget though..), I'll put in on my Christmas wishlist and we'll see from there :P I have been looking around and SRD does have some nice strops and they were probably my first pick for a while now.

I've also looked through Vintage Blades' latigo strops and Mountain Mike's strops and its all getting to consuming haha I wish there was a shop I could just drive up to and just "try" them out.

I'm a big believer in, "you get what you paid for" so I'm sure a £135,00 strop will feel very awesome and will last me while, I'll just have to make up an excuse to buy one :P

@ dawills

Cream strops are Heirloom and the other is a red latigo from srd.

Because of all the recent hype about CBN spray, I sanded my Heirloom strop down to a very fine suede finish and applied .25 micron CBN. A few laps on the cotton backstrop and five laps on the Heirloom takes the bite out of most needy blades.

The Heirloom is definitely quality horsehide leather.

Jerry
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@mrsell63 - CBN Spray? I've never heard of it. For being some hype, I must be out of the loop here haha I'll definitely have to look into it. If it'll take the tickle out of the edge then I'm up for some experimenting.

@ZeroCool - Those pictures are awesome. I definitely like the cream color, now if only I could find one in dark earth brown :P

Originally Posted by dawills87

@mrsell63 - CBN Spray? I've never heard of it. For being some hype, I must be out of the loop here haha I'll definitely have to look into it. If it'll take the tickle out of the edge then I'm up for some experimenting.

@ZeroCool - Those pictures are awesome. I definitely like the cream color, now if only I could find one in dark earth brown :P

I do like the cream but I'm with you, I prefer darker (not black), strops. SRD has some great strips too. My Heirlooms are still too new to make the judgement call yet. They still need to break in.

I think I'm partial to the linen on the Heirlooms though, the draw seems to be better. I don't use pastes or sprays yet. I may put something on the canvas webbing of the Red Latigo. I've been using my Swaty for touch ups between honing thus far.

Jerry, CBN works the best on looms,you should try it someday