Great video! Strops can be pricey and you're right about starting with a not so expensive strop, I cut my first one quite a bit. I still have my first strop and I use it only for pastes now and I rarely use it. My favorite strop is a basic 3in linen and leather strop from West Coast Shaving. I find the chromox is great for smoothing a synthetic edge but don't use it on natural edges. I also would use pastes to help maintain an edge when I didn't have very many hones. Must say your honing videos are awesome, you taught me how to hone initially! Eric, keep up the fine work!

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas your basic West Coast Shaving 3" leather and linen strop sounds great... I just went to West Coast Shaving and found it's got a fantastic price too! ;) Yeah Buddy! I've also found Chrome Ox will definitely help smooth out an synthetic edge! But coming from a natural stone, the edge is fine just stropping on the smooth side of the leather only. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

*Great tip* if you have a hanging strop with a handle, Razor Emporium sells replacement leathers. Great price too like $30. So you can always just swap them out instead of always buying all new hardware

@AdventuresInWetShaving

Жыл бұрын

That's a great idea, Mike! ;) Yeah Buddy! #Heart

Excellent info, Eric, thank you.

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4 жыл бұрын

Kypros thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart

Great strop instruction

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4 жыл бұрын

Roy thanks for your encouraging comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

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Awesome and informative video Eric thanks a lot for sharing have a wonderful weekend ....

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4 жыл бұрын

Demogorgon thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a wonderful weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

Great instruction Eric. I made a custom 3inch strop with leather I got locally and used new jean material for the linen side. Still use it when traveling.

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Jeronimo that's so cool you made your own Custom 3" strop with leather and jeans material, well done! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

Very helpful, thank you.

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4 жыл бұрын

Magasmagic thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good week and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

Really great information Eric! I too nicked up my first strop really bad, takes a little practice to get the hang of stopping. I have a 3" Razor Emporium Horse Hide that I really like and recently purchased a Kanayama Llama 5k strop which is definitely the best strop I have ever used. Only 2.5" wide though but I didn't have any problem learning how to use the x stroke. Definitely not a beginner strop though. Thanks again brother for the great video! Have a blessed weekend my friend!

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4 жыл бұрын

Martin you have some nice strops! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a blessed weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

Great video, Eric! I have a Straight Razor Design 3 inch strop and it does have some nicks, but it is all good. I also like the Crox on my fabric to prolong the sharpness of the blade. Lapping films are an inexpensive way to hone for beginners. Take care my friend!

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Joseph little nicks here or there, no big deal! ;) Yeah Buddy! Great Tip using Lapping Film is an excellent and inexpensive way to hone for beginners! Thanks for your great Honing Tip and encouraging comment, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart

Excellent video and good information Eric. I would definitely have a tough time picking my favorite strop because the 2 that I have are fantastic. I have a 2 inch Vintage Firehose strop from TomoNagura and I have a 3 inch Midnight Rambler leather strop from the same place. The 3 inch Midnight Rambler strop that I have would be my favorite because I use it way more than the firehose strop. I also recommend the paddle strops for beginners because there's no guess work in selecting the correct grip of angle and they are great for travel too. I pretty much destroyed my first 2 strops which didn't cost hardly anything thank goodness.

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Stephen your 3" Midnight Rambler sounds like a very nice strop! ;) Yeah Buddy! In the beginning a good 3" strop on the cheap is definitely the best way to go! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

Great #SREFS Eric! I would pick my Premier 3" Red Latigo Strop. Eric, Have a Great Friday & a Good Weekend My Friend!

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Jody that's a great pick for your strop! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take Care! Have a Great Friday and a Good Weekend My Friday! :) #Heart

I have tried a few strops in my time including a genuine Solingen strop. However, i find my two best strops are "The Magic Strop" Velvet Hide, my "go to" strop for every day use and the "Scorcher" genuine Horse Hide (shell). The reason i choose these strops is because they are vintage strops of great quality and both have canvas backs. To top up my blades i use two paddle strops lined with felt and impregnated with Chrome Oxide and the other with 0.25 Diamond paste to polish the blades cutting edge.

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Graham your strops sound amazing and paddle strops will put an extra polish on your edges, very nice! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

@pixsellpix

4 жыл бұрын

For the same reasons of yours with the Chrome Oxide, i like to keep my chrome oxide seperate from my strops as it does make some stains, Green shite all over the strops@@AdventuresInWetShaving

Hello Eric. My choice if I could only have one strop is my SRD Latigo leather strop. It’s beautifully designed and I love the vintage look. Thanks brother for the awesome video.

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4 жыл бұрын

Kirk your SRD Latigo leather strop is lovely! What a beautiful vintage design! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend brother! :) #Heart

@kirkgreen4660

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you my friend. Have a great weekend as well.

That's the chrome ox I have too. My first 3" strop came with my Grim Dollar kit. Now I have a great dual piece 3 1/4" Latigo Leather I love. I did a boo boo and put my chrome ox on the outside linen instead of the one next to the felt side of the other strop

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Jill, that's very cool getting a strop in your Grim Dollar kit! ;) My strops come a part, you could try taking your strop a part and switch the Chrome Ox side to the inside. Let me know if you try switching the linen side. Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart

@sheshaveswithjill4838

4 жыл бұрын

Kewl. Yes, the strop has the ability to be unscrewed and switch the linen.

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Very cool! :) #Heart

Do you recommend 3 in strop for smiling blades? I have heard that for these blades a 2 in strop is better as it allows you to do rolling x strokes? Your opinion is much appreciated.

@AdventuresInWetShaving

3 жыл бұрын

Great question Nasser! ;) Yeah, Buddy I have a couple of smiling blades and my 3-inch strop works well... you can still do a rolling x-strokes if you want, but your strop should be flexible enough to accommodate a smiling blade. I hope that's helpful, please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great question and comment, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

Thanks.

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

Jeff thanks for watching! ;) Take care and have a good weekend my friend! :) #Heart

Great videos, recently started following 😊 question: how often do you strop with Chromium Ox, every strop? Also how often do you replenish the chromox application? Thanks

@AdventuresInWetShaving

3 жыл бұрын

Great questions Ibrahim! ;) When your straight razor starts to pull you could use the Chrom Ox using 4-7 laps (one lap is back and forth), clean the blade, and then 60 laps on the smooth leather. You should be able to get 12 refreshes before you need to replenish your Chrom Ox. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

Thank you for this! Maybe you should add some affiliate links to make money but also help point people to the strops you are discussing?

@AdventuresInWetShaving

2 жыл бұрын

Dylan thanks for your great idea and encouragement, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great week, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

I recommend putting the green DIALUX on the inside part of your poly webbing/ canvas/cotton side

@AdventuresInWetShaving

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Buddy, I couldn't agree more that is where I put my green Dialux too! :) #Heart

Westholme cordovan strop because its sublime 😍

@AdventuresInWetShaving

3 жыл бұрын

Andy your Westholme cordovan strop sound so nice and at a good price! ;) Yeah Buddy! Thanks for your great comment and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! Cheers! :) #Heart

is the fabric side of the strop used for just sharpening? and what is the nubuck side for?

@AdventuresInWetShaving

3 жыл бұрын

Great questions II! ;) You can use the fabric side of their strop to dry off their straight razor blade after a shave or after using your finishing stone and then returning back to your finishing stone to get more out of it. You can also use the fabric side to polish and sharpen your straight razor if you use a paste on it like Chrom Ox or diamond paste. Now the nubuck side can be used in all the same ways or you could come off of your finish stone to the Chrom Ox side of yoiur fabric strop for a few laps (or round trips) and then go to the clean side of the fabric for a few laps. Followed by a few laps on the nubuck side of the leather, and finishing on the smooth side of the leather with 40-60 laps. I hope that's helpful. Please let me know if you have any other questions, and let me know how you're getting along. Thanks for your great questions and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

@Abstru5e.

3 жыл бұрын

@@AdventuresInWetShaving thank you bro, really appreciate the info

@AdventuresInWetShaving

3 жыл бұрын

Anytime brother! :) #Heart

How’s the GBS one, is it really thin? Poor quality?

@AdventuresInWetShaving

Жыл бұрын

Great questions Mike! ;) The GBS strop is 1/8" thick and really good quality, it's just a little too fast of a strop for my liking. Thanks for all of your great questions, and thanks for watching! :) Have a great weekend, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

You didn’t explain what to do with the fabric side?

@AdventuresInWetShaving

2 жыл бұрын

Great question NXM! ;) You can strop your straight razor on the clean fabric to help dry off your blade, or you could apply Chrom Ox (chromium oxide) on the inside fabric to refresh your edge a bit and prolonging your edge between honing. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Thanks for your great question and thanks for watching! :) Have a good day, take care and stay safe my friend! :) #Heart

Get some balsa wood 3" wide from Hobby Lobby or such and lap or sand it dead flat. i bought about 3 pieces all 12" long and one has iron oxide, one chromium oxide and one diamond paste on it. Depends how sharp you like your edges. You keep your leather strop pristine and hardly ever have to return to the stones for honing because you strop your razor on balsa after a shave and on the leather strop before you shave. They cost less than $5 and it's effortless maintenance. Best of all, if you are new and take a chunk out of it - no big deal, lap it flat again and roll on! T

@AdventuresInWetShaving

4 жыл бұрын

T your balsa wood 3" strops sound great! ;) Yeah Buddy! I've got to give that a go! Thanks for your great Honing Tip and comment, and thanks for watching! :) Have a good weekend and take care, my friend! :) #Heart

Nice video Eric 👍👍 Nice choice off a stropp. I have sent you PM for a couple off days ago. Check your Messenger. Have a great weekend and take care my friend. 🤘😃🤘

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4 жыл бұрын

Matti, I'll go check now thanks! ;) Thanks for your great comment and encouragement, and thanks for watching! Take care and have a great weekend my friend! :) #Heart

@mattilindholm1941

4 жыл бұрын

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