Thread: what is the meaning of NO HDL on a strop

i want to buy my very first strop. i found a one for $60 a Dovo - PREMIUM RAZOR STROP, NO HDL is this a good strop and what hdl stand for is that fat.

Handle?

Michael

+1 on no handle

No Handle. Means it will either be leather like a barbers grip (the strop is just cut square at the end and is held in the hand) or it will have a Dee ring or some such, to loop a finger or two in.


Mick

HDL/ High density Lipoprotien,But in this case probebly means handle

"Hardest Damn Leather"?

Funny thing about handles on strops. Growing up, and watching the barbers strop their razors, they never had handles. The pro strops were 2 1/2 wide and like 23" long. Strops for the house were shorter and had handles. I thought them inferior. So when I came to SRP , and bought a TM horse with handles. At first I would grab it in front of the handle, but soon tried the handle and liked it.

Using vintage pro barber strops without handles I soon found I preferred the strop with handles. I get a consistent pull all the way across the strop and don't have to worry about the grip, without handles, putting a slight twist in the strop. I still use one or the other and compensate for the none handle grip, but handles are cool IMHO.

As the Arthuritus in my pinned together left wrist gets worse,I find myself using my looms more often,Set the tension and strop one handed