If I Could Only Have 1... Strop to Maintain My Straight Razor
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- Опубліковано 19 лют 2020
- Your Straight Razor Edge Friday Special, If I Could Only Have 1... Strop to Maintain My Straight Razor! If You Could Only Have One Strop to Maintain My Straight Razor. What Would You Pick? I'll Walk You Through Some Choices for a Strop on the Cheep. Plus You'll Find Out What I'd use if I could only have one strop to maintain my straight razor!
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Great video! Strops can be pricey and you're right about starting with a not so expensive strop, I cut my first one quite a bit. I still have my first strop and I use it only for pastes now and I rarely use it. My favorite strop is a basic 3in linen and leather strop from West Coast Shaving. I find the chromox is great for smoothing a synthetic edge but don't use it on natural edges. I also would use pastes to help maintain an edge when I didn't have very many hones. Must say your honing videos are awesome, you taught me how to hone initially! Eric, keep up the fine work!
Nicholas your basic West Coast Shaving 3" leather and linen strop sounds great... I just went to West Coast Shaving and found it's got a fantastic price too! ;) Yeah Buddy! I've also found Chrome Ox will definitely help smooth out an synthetic edge! But coming from a natural stone, the edge is fine just stropping on the smooth side of the leather only.
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
Excellent info, Eric, thank you.
Kypros thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
Awesome and informative video Eric thanks a lot for sharing have a wonderful weekend ....
Demogorgon thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a wonderful weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
Great strop instruction
Roy thanks for your encouraging comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
Great instruction Eric. I made a custom 3inch strop with leather I got locally and used new jean material for the linen side. Still use it when traveling.
Jeronimo that's so cool you made your own Custom 3" strop with leather and jeans material, well done! ;) Yeah Buddy!
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
Very helpful, thank you.
Magasmagic thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good week and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
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Really great information Eric! I too nicked up my first strop really bad, takes a little practice to get the hang of stopping. I have a 3" Razor Emporium Horse Hide that I really like and recently purchased a Kanayama Llama 5k strop which is definitely the best strop I have ever used. Only 2.5" wide though but I didn't have any problem learning how to use the x stroke. Definitely not a beginner strop though. Thanks again brother for the great video! Have a blessed weekend my friend!
Martin you have some nice strops! ;) Yeah Buddy!
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a blessed weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
Great video, Eric! I have a Straight Razor Design 3 inch strop and it does have some nicks, but it is all good. I also like the Crox on my fabric to prolong the sharpness of the blade. Lapping films are an inexpensive way to hone for beginners. Take care my friend!
Joseph little nicks here or there, no big deal! ;) Yeah Buddy! Great Tip using Lapping Film is an excellent and inexpensive way to hone for beginners!
Thanks for your great Honing Tip and encouraging comment, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
*Great tip* if you have a hanging strop with a handle, Razor Emporium sells replacement leathers. Great price too like $30. So you can always just swap them out instead of always buying all new hardware
That's a great idea, Mike! ;) Yeah Buddy! #Heart
Excellent video and good information Eric. I would definitely have a tough time picking my favorite strop because the 2 that I have are fantastic. I have a 2 inch Vintage Firehose strop from TomoNagura and I have a 3 inch Midnight Rambler leather strop from the same place. The 3 inch Midnight Rambler strop that I have would be my favorite because I use it way more than the firehose strop. I also recommend the paddle strops for beginners because there's no guess work in selecting the correct grip of angle and they are great for travel too. I pretty much destroyed my first 2 strops which didn't cost hardly anything thank goodness.
Stephen your 3" Midnight Rambler sounds like a very nice strop! ;) Yeah Buddy! In the beginning a good 3" strop on the cheap is definitely the best way to go!
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Great #SREFS Eric! I would pick my Premier 3" Red Latigo Strop. Eric, Have a Great Friday & a Good Weekend My Friend!
Jody that's a great pick for your strop! ;) Yeah Buddy!
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take Care! Have a Great Friday and a Good Weekend My Friday! :) #Heart
Thanks.
Jeff thanks for watching! ;) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
That's the chrome ox I have too. My first 3" strop came with my Grim Dollar kit. Now I have a great dual piece 3 1/4" Latigo Leather I love. I did a boo boo and put my chrome ox on the outside linen instead of the one next to the felt side of the other strop
Jill, that's very cool getting a strop in your Grim Dollar kit! ;) My strops come a part, you could try taking your strop a part and switch the Chrome Ox side to the inside. Let me know if you try switching the linen side.
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart
Kewl. Yes, the strop has the ability to be unscrewed and switch the linen.
Very cool! :) #Heart
Hello Eric. My choice if I could only have one strop is my SRD Latigo leather strop. It’s beautifully designed and I love the vintage look. Thanks brother for the awesome video.
Kirk your SRD Latigo leather strop is lovely! What a beautiful vintage design! ;) Yeah Buddy!
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend brother! :) #Heart
Thank you my friend. Have a great weekend as well.
I have tried a few strops in my time including a genuine Solingen strop. However, i find my two best strops are "The Magic Strop" Velvet Hide, my "go to" strop for every day use and the "Scorcher" genuine Horse Hide (shell). The reason i choose these strops is because they are vintage strops of great quality and both have canvas backs. To top up my blades i use two paddle strops lined with felt and impregnated with Chrome Oxide and the other with 0.25 Diamond paste to polish the blades cutting edge.
Graham your strops sound amazing and paddle strops will put an extra polish on your edges, very nice! ;) Yeah Buddy!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
For the same reasons of yours with the Chrome Oxide, i like to keep my chrome oxide seperate from my strops as it does make some stains, Green shite all over the strops@@AdventuresInWetShaving
Westholme cordovan strop because its sublime 😍
Andy your Westholme cordovan strop sound so nice and at a good price! ;) Yeah Buddy!
Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! Cheers! :) #Heart
I recommend putting the green DIALUX on the inside part of your poly webbing/ canvas/cotton side
Yeah Buddy, I couldn't agree more that is where I put my green Dialux too! :) #Heart
Thank you for this! Maybe you should add some affiliate links to make money but also help point people to the strops you are discussing?
Dylan thanks for your great idea and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Great videos, recently started following 😊 question: how often do you strop with Chromium Ox, every strop? Also how often do you replenish the chromox application? Thanks
Great questions Ibrahim! ;) When your straight razor starts to pull you could use the Chrom Ox using 4-7 laps (one lap is back and forth), clean the blade, and then 60 laps on the smooth leather. You should be able to get 12 refreshes before you need to replenish your Chrom Ox. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
Do you recommend 3 in strop for smiling blades? I have heard that for these blades a 2 in strop is better as it allows you to do rolling x strokes? Your opinion is much appreciated.
Great question Nasser! ;) Yeah, Buddy I have a couple of smiling blades and my 3-inch strop works well... you can still do a rolling x-strokes if you want, but your strop should be flexible enough to accommodate a smiling blade. I hope that's helpful, please let me know if you have any other questions.
Thanks for your great question and comment, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
is the fabric side of the strop used for just sharpening? and what is the nubuck side for?
Great questions II! ;) You can use the fabric side of their strop to dry off their straight razor blade after a shave or after using your finishing stone and then returning back to your finishing stone to get more out of it. You can also use the fabric side to polish and sharpen your straight razor if you use a paste on it like Chrom Ox or diamond paste. Now the nubuck side can be used in all the same ways or you could come off of your finish stone to the Chrom Ox side of yoiur fabric strop for a few laps (or round trips) and then go to the clean side of the fabric for a few laps. Followed by a few laps on the nubuck side of the leather, and finishing on the smooth side of the leather with 40-60 laps. I hope that's helpful. Please let me know if you have any other questions, and let me know how you're getting along.
Thanks for your great questions and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
@@AdventuresInWetShaving thank you bro, really appreciate the info
Anytime brother! :) #Heart
Get some balsa wood 3" wide from Hobby Lobby or such and lap or sand it dead flat. i bought about 3 pieces all 12" long and one has iron oxide, one chromium oxide and one diamond paste on it. Depends how sharp you like your edges.
You keep your leather strop pristine and hardly ever have to return to the stones for honing because you strop your razor on balsa after a shave and on the leather strop before you shave.
They cost less than $5 and it's effortless maintenance. Best of all, if you are new and take a chunk out of it - no big deal, lap it flat again and roll on!
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T your balsa wood 3" strops sound great! ;) Yeah Buddy! I've got to give that a go!
Thanks for your great Honing Tip and comment, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart
How’s the GBS one, is it really thin? Poor quality?
Great questions Mike! ;) The GBS strop is 1/8" thick and really good quality, it's just a little too fast of a strop for my liking.
Thanks for all of your great questions, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great weekend, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart
You didn’t explain what to do with the fabric side?
Great question NXM! ;) You can strop your straight razor on the clean fabric to help dry off your blade, or you could apply Chrom Ox (chromium oxide) on the inside fabric to refresh your edge a bit and prolonging your edge between honing. Please let me know if you have any other questions.
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Nice video Eric
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Nice choice off a stropp.
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