Thread: What are you working on?

IIRC The texturing is common on "Russian tanning". You actually stop on the non textured side.

The suntorbach strop I restored has a texture side as well. I believe it actually says hone on that side.

My Vladimir Slavin, Russian made, Russian Tanned, is that way.

My C-Mon Shell has slits.


Good to hear from ya Erik, was thinking about ya today. Wondered where you've been.

I have been somewhere between work and sleep, LOL. I've been trying to get out and do something but it hasn't worked well lately. I got out today because I took a vacation day. I found this strop down in canton, 20 bucks. I talked her down from 50. I love it!!!!

Erik, I have been setting-up some old new old stock strops.



A light wipe of damp microfiber to a regimen of leather cleaner and conditioner brings them back to life.



Don't go to water or to oil. Stick with natural stuff.
Bick 1 and 4 are what I recommend.

My new French friend is cleaning up nicely.

I bought a little abrasive gun and loaded it up with baking soda and used that to clean the jimps. Cleanest jimps ever. I have to send a big thank you to Richard, it was a comment in one of his posts that I got the soda blast from.

I also got some cleaning done on the Union razor that came in that same lot.
Honing tonight. I will make some scales tomorrow and for the Veritable Vincent and the Johnson cast steel and ad them all to the honing pile.

Little bit of oil on the backside with a rag dampened with water. Little at a time.
That is if its dry and stiff.
I wish I would have bookmarked the info I found for reconstitution of dried up strops. Works damn good, but took weeks to get it there.

Know how you feel, 6 days a week working, one day to take care of personal crap. ( more work ). Can only imagine the hours their putting on you, as a chef. F that..!!

Awesome work happening here fellas, fast as this thread moves along, can't hardly keep up!

Worked on making replacement scales for a John Barber and giving the blade a little cleaning and rub down. The blade wasn't too bad off to begin with so just some light work to clean it. First I did a test fit with the new scales and lead wedge, then put her together for real. Some nice faint streaking in the scales (hard to see in photos) and a cool grind on the blade. Now it's in line for the hones.

Bravo tuzi that's beautiful!

Beautiful job Tuzi...
What a neat grind!

Pete <:-}