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Mine came with a linen/canvas on the reverse and Billy advises you use CrO on leather as it's flatter.
my strops, not an enthusiastic user finding it rather tedious, still a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do
denim - ok
linen - good - made my own from a towel
leather- cut and ruined
leather - tested with cromox but made a thick uneven mess so ruined - user error in combination with maybe not the best cromox
leather - cheap chinese that came with Titan razor - not bad - still using it after two years but looking for a new more fancy just to compare
Yep hadn't spotted it was napped leather both sides. That's a bit stupid. Link removedI wouldn't worry about brands necessarily - local makers produce the best ones. One of the great things about paddle strops is that you don't need to pay for a long thick heavy piece of leather. Because the leather is mounted you can get away with cheaper thinner materials.
I agree with the recommendations above for sources. PetersEaters are very good. The IE one that I have has two napped sides, which is annoying. The Strop It one is a gimmick - and of course I have one! It's good but you need the sprung razor version.
Have a look for an eBay seller called billyji1. His strops are are excellent and inexpensive. He also happens a very fine honemeister (50 years+ experience) ... For when you are in the market for you next razor.
I have one of those paddle strops with napped leather on both sides, I like it and it works and work's well, you can strop on cork, balsa wood, news paper denim leather any number of thing's, I've got that napped strop, horse leather, cow's leather they all work, you can pull off your leather belt and strop a razor, folk shouldn't get hung up on what they are stropping on rarther than their stropping technique, shit you can strop on your palm of your hand if you had to. YMMVYep hadn't spotted it was napped leather both sides. That's a bit stupid. Link removed
I have one of those paddle strops with napped leather on both sides, I like it and it works and work's well, you can strop on cork, balsa wood, news paper denim leather any number of thing's, I've got that napped strop, horse leather, cow's leather they all work, you can pull off your leather belt and strop a razor, folk shouldn't get hung up on what they are stropping on rarther than their stropping technique, shit you can strop on your palm of your hand if you had to. YMMVP
I have five strops in all, three cow leather one horse leather and the napped paddle strop and I get the best results on the napped leather paddle and on the napped side of one of my hanging strops in cow leather.I've heard people say that about palm stropping ... I haven't tried it out of fear but I suppose accidentally slitting your palm or wrist open is no worse than your neck or face
I knew you had one of those as if I remember rightly it came up on the BST here for a very reasonable price and when I looked you beat me to it by about 5 mins! Haha.
I would just worry about it being my only one - I like to use regular leather just before I shave, but as you so rightly pointed out, YMMV. Some people probably don't!
Maybe I need to broaden my horizons and give some other media a try. Cheers Paul, you too!I have five strops in all, three cow leather one horse leather and the napped paddle strop and I get the best results on the napped leather paddle and on the napped side of one of my hanging strops in cow leather.
It's all about a light Stropping action for me and seems to get very good results but YMMV and folk have to do what works fo them. I would like to make a cork paddle strop sometime, I hear it's extremely good for Stropping.
I saw a guy Palm stropping a Kamisori just as I remember seeing a barber in London doing the same thing with a straight, so the medium is not all important it's the tecnique, but again YMMV
Have a nice dayP.
I agree, it's not the best way to strop a blade but it can be done, I was just using it as an example to show there atre many things you can strop a blade onHand stropping is the way to go if you have an audience, otherwise it sucks.
There is Nothing Wrong with Experimenting Regards Strops...Whilst All this Hand Stropping, Cork this & Denim That are Well Intended..Its Only Gonna Confuse a Beginner...Most of it is Useless to a Beginner...Best Advice I Can Offer is Just Stick to a Normal Strop...Hanging or Paddle...Folks think they are Gonna Learn to Shave & Strop a Razor Overnight...Well..They Aint...
I Reckon it Takes around 100 Shaves to Get Comfortable with Shaving & Stropping SRs & Maintaining SRs In General with Pastes as a Normal Part of Stropping...I Hit My Razors for 2 or 3 Strokes on 0.2 Red Rhodium Paste After Every Shave as Normal Part of My Stropping Routine...For a Beginner I Would Recommend Maybe 15/16 Strokes on 0.5 Chro/Ox Every 3/4 Shaves or So to Get the Feel of it & Take it from there..
Shaving & Maintaining SRS Takes a Moment...I Can Tell Ya for a Fact After Honing Hundreds & Hundreds of Blades...The Guys of Days Gone By were NOT Any Better at Honing & Maintaining Straight Razors...That is to Say Over the Last 100 Years or So...Most Were Never Bevel Set Properly Never Mind Anything Else...
Billy
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