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[Nonick]

my grandfathers vintage strop.
Been using it to sharpen my work multiknife.
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This arrangement might be best left that way

Your strop and stropping will directly affect your shave. It's not hard, but I doubt the old strop would work very well.

Check out the poor mans strop kit from whipped dog. I used that without hassle for 6 months it does the job, or there are endless options on our local stores. I'm currently using a dovo strop which is pretty good.

 

[filobiblic]

Hi borked! Have a think about a leather conditioner for the strop and you defiantly want to with no kinks for the straight.

Do you need a leather conditioner? I thought that the oil from your hands was enough. Just run with you palms regularly and you're all good.

 

[Ybbor]

Yes I use oil from my hands!! But it depends on the condition of the strop. Post some photos!! Another idea is if you have access to a shave shop go look at some strops and feel the leather, see how it compares. We might be hasty warning you off using that strop.

 

[Holiday]

Finally got motivated enough to clean this lot and start restoring
(This is the before shot) a nice Thiers Issard #14 among them

Re-scaled Fili 13 in a decent set of scales
(despite the tapered blade this is one of my favourites and now has a decent set of scales to match)

... sanded and loaded this old leather (0.25) and balsa (0.5) strop with diamond paste for touchups between shaves