Name: Traditional Genuine Leather & Canvas Razor Strop
SKU: ZYSTROP
Price: 279.00 ZAR
Availability: SoldOut
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)

Traditional Genuine Leather & Canvas Razor Strop

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Indicative market price: R429.00

R279.00

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South Africa

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Product code

ZYSTROP

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318072558

Traditional Genuine Leather & Canvas Razor Strop

The time has come. You’ve chosen your straight razor, you’ve learned to lather with a shaving brush, and you’re mentally ready to start shaving with a straight razor. Your next step is to purchase a shaving strop.

This is a high quality genuine leather strop with a canvas strip for honing. It has a strong metal hook and all seams are machine stitched.

Length: 45.5cm
Width: 6cm

What is Stropping?

This question comes up frequently in online discussions. So what is stropping exactly? Let’s go over the fundamentals. Stropping a straight razor is the process that straightens, and polishes the blade using a flexible fabric (such as cotton weave, linen, denim, felt), strip of leather, or newspaper. The term stropping is often misinterpreted with the term “sharpening”. While the razor may feel “sharper” after stropping it is actually “keener” since no metal has been removed from the blade. There are many different variations, but the technique and process is the same.

Here is a nice video showing the technique: