Strope

[RicInOR]

What do you use?
What do you recommend?


I was looking for some cleaning cloths - paper towel replacements
and came across a "Nano Cloth Strope"

Mounted on Glass - so it is very flat
Touted as perfect for holding fine compounds.

Strope
Nano Cloth Strop 3" x 8"


My strope is leather mounted to a board.



Cloths
https://smile.amazon.com/Nano-Towels-Virtually-Chemicals-Healthier/dp/B00556QVSE

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[Rudedog]

I have two Chicago barber strops. Both very old and belonged to my Dad. They also have the canvas strop.One was heavily used the other near new. I mostly use a German travel type. It is a band on an hour glass piece of wood, from the 1930's. I am currently on the lookout for a 3" wide old 1970's hippie style mod squad belt so I can glue it to a board for my work bench. BTW I have one old straight razor left. The other ones were given to Uncles as they used them for their intended purpose.

 

[Rick Shaw]

I just did touch ups on kitchen knife set on water stones. 3,000 8,000 12,000 16,000

Finished off on a strip of scrap horsehide glued to a flat wood plank. Charged the smooth side with a little white jeweler's paste and gave it about ten passes each side.

 

[Joe13]

Leather on a hardwood board works for my knives.

Made it myself from an old carpenters belt. The leather was well worn and broke in for me.

 

[Certaindeaf]

I use a trope.. a piece of tripe glued to a board.


















not really

 

[Stomper]

I use hemp nailed to some plastic... guess that's a drope.

 

[Geardo]

Used to use a belt stretched tight.... Now I have a all-in-one tool I really like. I charge it with a hard stick of polishing paste .

 

[WAYNO]

I have used this for forty years. It was my Wife's Grandfather's. If it could only talk.

I have some pretty wonderful stones that put a great edge on knives. Then a couple passes on this strop and they're unbelievably sharp! And a couple more passes whenever necessary, and my blades remain sharp without a lot of work.

 

[DunRanull]

I use a trope.. a piece of tripe glued to a board.
Ummm... yeah... Stared at the response until I fiigered out
















The rest of the story!
not really

 

[DunRanull]

I use a STROP for touching up a fine edge when I'm getting anal about the edge on some knives.. Not all obviously cuz a superfine on some blades is counter-productive.... I too use an old leather belt for the purpose.
Wuz gonna use a strop on the Old Woman once but she reminded me that I gotta sleep SOMEtime... heh...

 

[MannyGlocks]

Would a real leather wide belt do the same or is a real strop needed?

 

[DunRanull]

Would a real leather wide belt do the same or is a real strop needed?

I defer to those more experienced than I but an ol leather belt works for me- but then I never used a REAL razor-strop like my Grampa had..

 

[bbbass]

I tried to use some tripe on the Old Lady but she told me it's yucky.

 

[MannyGlocks]

Thanks, but I thought perhaps strops that were destined to be strops to begin with were superior over something like a wide leather belt, but didn't really now for certain...

 

[x2ndxall]

The repurposed original leather sling off the old aught 6 finishes my blades up. And they're scary sharp.