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Razor Strop

bigoutsidebigoutside Member Posts: 19,443 ✭
edited September 2014 in General Discussion
Anyone use one for razors? Or finishing up an edge on a knife or tool?
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    milesmiles Member Posts: 2,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by bigoutside
    Anyone use one for razors? Or finishing up an edge on a knife or tool?



    I don't have a Razor Strop but do use an old wide leather cow hide belt to keep my carry knife razor sharp. It ain't fancy but works well.Hope to find a strop at a yard sale or somewhere for cheap one day.
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    Sky SoldierSky Soldier Member Posts: 460 ✭
    edited November -1
    Been using one for years.

    SS
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    gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    My Pops used his to discipline us kids when we did something REAL bad.
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    MobuckMobuck Member Posts: 13,791 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use an old one for finishing the edge on hunting knives. I learned the proper technique from the old barber who cut my hair when I was a kid.
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    Spider7115Spider7115 Member, Moderator Posts: 29,714 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
    My Pops used his to discipline us kids when we did something REAL bad.

    Mine, too. Painful memories of that strop. [:(]
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    westernMDhunterwesternMDhunter Member Posts: 2,938 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I use a leather strop loaded with green polishing compound to finish the edge of my knives. Most of my knives with CPM154 and D2 steel will not have to see a stone for a few years. A knife with good steel and a proper heat treatment will hold an edge for a long time if not abused.
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    Mr. PerfectMr. Perfect Member, Moderator Posts: 66,310 ******
    edited November -1
    Yes.
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    And fiery auto crashes
    Some will die in hot pursuit
    While sifting through my ashes
    Some will fall in love with life
    And drink it from a fountain
    That is pouring like an avalanche
    Coming down the mountain
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    MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    I use one on every knife I use or sale. A quick strop and that edge is razor sharp. I made a strop I use with one side impregnated with course valve grinding compound and the smooth side impregnated with fine valve grinding compound.
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    MMOMEQ-55MMOMEQ-55 Member Posts: 13,134
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
    quote:Originally posted by gunnut505
    My Pops used his to discipline us kids when we did something REAL bad.

    Mine, too. Painful memories of that strop. [:(]


    LMAO My grandfather put his to good use on several occasions.
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    dpmuledpmule Member Posts: 6,653 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My folks used my Grand fathers on me.
    I think it got more use on my backside than it ever did as it was originally designed for.

    But, I never got one that I didn't rightly deserve and remembered why I got it, sometimes. LOL.



    Mule
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    gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Check Tandy Leather's website.

    [;)][8D]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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    TANK78ZTANK78Z Member Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have one my Dad made back in the 50's, made out of a 2" heavy
    leather belt mounted to a strip of oak board, he always kept it lightly
    oiled, we used it to finish the edges of our propagating knives it made a well sharpened
    knife cut like a razor.,
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    dcs shootersdcs shooters Member Posts: 10,969
    edited November -1
    Mine's hanging on the wall for easy use [;)][:D]
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    MG1890MG1890 Member Posts: 4,649
    edited November -1
    OK, so educate me...

    Some say their strop is loaded with abrasive.

    Some say oil.

    All say it really works.

    What should I do to get a strop, and which method (abrasive vs. oil) is best?
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    gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,679 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Located in the U.K., but a wealth of info _ see blue menu box > upper left.

    http://www.theinvisibleedge.co.uk/page12.html

    Google > sharpen a straight razor = MANY sources of info.

    As to strop - one side paste / one side oil is often preferred.

    [;)]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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    onepopperonepopper Member Posts: 1,825 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ah yes, a razor strop. How can I forget. At 80 years old I still have scars on legs and buttox from a beating I took as a 10 year old from my aunt. It was either take the beating in silence or report her and go to an orphanage, causing my sister also to be orphaned.
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    mark christianmark christian Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 24,456 ******
    edited November -1
    My grandfather shaved with a straight-razor so he had a strop. I don't know what happened to it after he died.
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    kimikimi Member Posts: 44,723 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    One of my grandmother's could strop a razor with the best of barbers while grandpa was sitting in a typical four leg chair tilted back on two legs with the chair's weight resting one of her hips! She could make it pop several times in one shaving.
    What's next?
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