What should I do?

[adamkavanagh]

Is my strop ruined? I have continued to use it in this condition and i haven't noticed a huge difference however it does make me nervous.



I cant really explain what happened other than; it must have been a microscopic change in my stropping technique. I think i started shifting my hand backwards RIGHT BEFORE rolling the razor on it's spine.

Any and all help would be great!!

[HNSB]

I think i started shifting my hand backwards RIGHT BEFORE rolling the razor on it's spine.

That's what it looks like. Slow down a little bit...

As to the strop you can either put a very small amount of rubber cement under the larger flaps and you can cut the smaller ones with a nail clipper and then sand the surface smooth.

[Trimmy72]

I did this to my first strop, nail clipper and pumice stone cleaned it up, I'd put some neats foot on it too, after sanding (not sure of others opinions on that). Do a search for stroptober (SRP), I have some pics up on the repair (I think I was the only one for a repair) and there's lots of stropping vids.

[PhatMan]

adamkavanagh,

My first strop was nick-named 'ScarFace'

600 grit silicon carbide paper will smooth down the cuts nicely.

Have fun !

Best regards

Russ

[Scookum]

Yes, that is a microscopic change alright. .