Thread: What Makes A Great Strop

Originally Posted by Scookum

I made a strop last night, I'll post a pic after work.

Once you start it is hard to stop!

Originally Posted by 32t

Once you start it is hard to stop!

Oh my goshness man thats SAD, that is to say strop AD

Syngent, order the black 3 inch latigo from fendrihan. Its a good strop. Or you can make a learning strop like mine cause you are likely to hack yours up at the beginning.

K... I'll be back in five minutes

Orderrrrrr awayyyyyy

Well i did it,... depending on what time he gets it out ill have it tomorrow or thursday

Lol maybe i should make a video for my first ever strop for the stroptober thread or make a new one for everyone to pick away at all the things im bound to do wrong,.. and hey maybe even catch my first nick or something worse,... its bound to get a hit or two i mean who really watches nascar for the racing right lmao

Oh maybe even a live google hangout lesson/disaster piece theater

Originally Posted by Scookum

Or you can make a learning strop like mine cause you are likely to hack yours up at the beginning.

Mine are all learning strops! These are from a few pieces of leather from Tandy. One thing that I have learned is that ones cut from the upper or back side are much better than the pieces close to the belly.

One more day,... well less then that, when i get home tomorrow there will be a happy length of leather awaiting me,... well happy until it realizes it got sent to a beginner,... then again its leather so it doesnt think

but im happy, so thats all that matters

Originally Posted by syngent

So im going to buy a strop tonight, noticed there is more then a few bucks to ship a strop to the canadianas, bu also noticed fendrihans strops look quite similar to the SRD ones,... anyone know if they are the same thing ?,... cause they would work out to be the same thing to me but since im a town or two over from fendrihan a lot less shipping time and no customs agents involved

I buy all my shaving stuff from fendrihan. they're awesome. I have the tan English bridle strop and love it. They're a great company to deal with. heres a trick I learned, always ask for samplers in the shipping comments. doesnt matter what company, or what you order. They always put something in.

Originally Posted by Scookum

I made a strop last night, I'll post a pic after work.

edit: here it is. Tandy leather 3 inch wide 50 inch length for around 35 bucks, I cut it in half then folded the top over and sandwiched the fabric. Hole punched and riveted the pieces together. The bottom I cut a 3 inch piece and folded it over, hole punched them then sandwiched each strop to hold the D ring grip. For a swivel I bought a piece of leather lacing and just tied it on. The remaining hunks of leather I will use to make board strops for pastes.

What? No handle?

Sorry - couldn't resist. Seems to me someone asked me that very same question a few weeks ago.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...ml#post1026177

you i read that just yesterday, and yet still.....

Originally Posted by Cangooner

What? No handle?

Sorry - couldn't resist. Seems to me someone asked me that very same question a few weeks ago.

http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...ml#post1026177