Quality Razor Strop

A quality strop does not require any abrasive for final honing the edge of a razor.  There are naturally occurring minerals in Russian calf's leather making it an ideal honing surface for a razor's edge.  Our strop is a fine quality, linen backed Russian leather strop.  It can be conditioned with a good quality mineral oil.  We are told that old timers used lard or olive oil as a conditioner.   Lard might work, but we know from experience that olive oil will, over time, clog leather pores and form a hard glaze.    We recommend staying with mineral oil or commercial conditioning paste.

A second strop may be coated with a thin layer of fine grinding paste (red or green), but it then become a sharpening tool, not a final honing tool and once so contaminated, the abrasive cannot be removed.  

Many abrasive pastes are actually coarser than the surface of your fine sharpening stone.  We have some very inexpensive small  rigid strops you can use for this purpose.  In fact, you can use a strop so treated, in lieu of a stone.

High  quality linen backed Russian leather strop.....  $69.99 + S&H

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