And the strop I'v been using is The Filly from ruprazor.com which is made by a professional and its only 20 bucks. The way people talk it is a great strop to start with.
With no disrespect intened to the Rurazor people, you can make four strops
exactly like this one, paying $18 for the leather and another $2 for the grommet from Jantz
http://jantzsupply.com/cartease/item-detail.cfm?ID=AG524
While this will not ruin your razor, it is not doing what a 'real' razor strop is meant to do. It's just doing what plain vegetable tanned cowhide will do.
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It's what I purchase to MAKE razor strops from. Not just cutting to size, but boning the leather to bring up the silicates.) Again, not bad, just not really good for your inteneded use. If it were MY face, I would go to the site that Knifenut such as 'Classic Shaving,' or 'Vintage Blades,' 'The English Shaving Company,' etc., and prepare yourself to spend about $50-$70 on a 'real' razor strop. It's a once-in-a-lifetime purchase and your face will thank you. Treat yourself to something nice. You deserve it. If you're going to be shaving for the next 50 years, think of it as spending a dollar a year. Remember that generally speaking, for a straight razor you normally want a hanging strop. The paddle strops were traditionally used only when traveling. Us knife sharpeners want to use mounted or paddle strops for our straight bevels. (Hanging for you convexed peoples
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{Side note to you guys who shave with a blade... Do yourself a favor and try using a cake of the old Gillette shaving soap and a cheap brush. You won't believe the difference from canned shaving cream or gel. Some folks say a better brush makes a better shave, but I never found that true. I bought mine in Walmart for about $3. The soap was about a buck.}
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