Thread: How mny strops have you gone through?

First was a Tony miller red latigo about 4 or 5 years ago, and that had been my only main one, started off real slow to make sure i didn't nick it.

I have an ebay special that I started with (a real piece of trash), and a vintage "Russian" shell strop that I reconditioned. The latter is my go-to strop.

Still on my first one ( 3 yrs ) an srd 3" red Latigo and all broken in !!!

I still have and use my first strop. A Solingen Herold. It's small by today's standards, 2"w x 15"l, but has a real nice feel to it and it travels well. I guess I was lucky that I never cut it. I took my time, and started slow, and it payed off. Since then, I've acquired quite a few more, and they all get used.