Thread: What is your stropping method?

I didn't like the rough canvas I had on the back of one of my strops and didn't get very good results from it. So I had a pair of denim carpenters jeans that were tore up so I decided to make a denim strop. I just did 100 laps on the denim then went to my latigo then to my horse hide, and the denim really helped smooth out the edge quite a bit.

Now what is your stropping progression, and what types of odd materials have you had success with?

Back and forth with a flip over the spine at each end, spine leading the edge...



Sorry, had to be a smartarse, it's in my nature. I don't bother to count and I use both sides of a home made 'roo hide strop.


Mick

I roo too! Never used anything but leather in my life. Well, I have tried other things like linen or canvas (even corduroy), but really they never added anything for me, IMO. I just keep going until I feel the edge is ready, then I stop.

James.

new to this, very new, under two months.

I was using leather only for a while, then I tried leather/linen, wrong order, I think.
Just switched it around, linen then leather and am getting MUCH smoother shaves, I think.
Do about 50 laps on each and will play with the numbers/ratios over time.

My normal routine is 40 linen/60 leather. Off the hones I'll increase my leather laps to the 80-100 region. If it's a heavy wedge I'll increase the ratio to perhaps 50 linen/100 leather.

Ten to 15 laps on the flesh (rough) side followed by 50 laps on the grain (smooth) side of a Poor Man's Strop. After about 2 months of shaving daily, I will do 30 laps on CrOx and 30 laps on FeOx balsa strop followed by 50 laps on the smooth side of the leather strop.

Tony Miller Heirloom tri-strop: 3x25 laps

Kanayama 3000, 20 on the linen and 60 on the cordovan.

30 on linen 60 on leather 10 on the palm of my hand.

I just use black latigo and do 50 pre shave and 25 post shave. Don't have a linen strop.