What strop do you use?

[Jens]

I have a Neil Miller Buffalo/Linen that I use for everything, post honing, daily stropping.
Superb craftsmanship & the linen is the pure, genuine kind.
Lovely feel to strop on.

I replaced my kanayama linen with a pure linen from Neil Miller .Superb:thumbup:
Rgds
Emmanuel

Yes, isn't it great!
Neil is IMO one of best strop makers out there

 

[Jens]

Has anybody tried felt? I saw that mentioned in the past on another forum. If so do you need some sort of backing to keep it together?

I have experimented quite a bit with felt.

It's great with a backing of some sort, like aluminum or wood when you use if for cutlery that you want to put a very sharp edge on.
The only good use I've found for it for razors is when used with diamond slurries.
Then it adds some smoothness to the otherwise harsher diamonds feel.

 

[jfdupuis]

My kanayama linen is way better than it was when i first got it. I really never thought that my linen and other material strops would cause me so many issues.

Jf

 

[pinklather]

I have a Neil Miller Buffalo/Linen that I use for everything, post honing, daily stropping.
Superb craftsmanship & the linen is the pure, genuine kind.
Lovely feel to strop on.

Jens, How would you describe the buffalo - compared to other leathers - horse hide and the like?


Bart: Here's another one in Latin:
"Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere".

"Flatulo ergo sum"

 

[garyhaywood]

I really don't understand why the TM linen is not boosting my HHT. It seems to be actually reducing it. My webbed fabric one always increases the HHT results. My main reason for getting the TM and and TM linen was just for that.

I received one of tony millers last buffed horshide strops yesterday with the tm linen. It feels way coarser than the linen i got from him 4 years ago. I also found it did nothing to improve hht. It is the same stuff as i had four years ago. It needs softening in ie breaking in. My older linen is way softer due to be used over four years . try breaking it in , once it becomes softer it will be fine. My k Linen is softer than my tm new linen. I may even soak this in conditioner..

gary

 

[Aquanin]

I use a TM Latigo strop but I swapped out high cotton component for Torolf's Linen (which is Awesome) I also have a vintage C-Mon Shell strop.

 

[Jens]

I have a Neil Miller Buffalo/Linen that I use for everything, post honing, daily stropping.
Superb craftsmanship & the linen is the pure, genuine kind.
Lovely feel to strop on.

Jens, How would you describe the buffalo - compared to other leathers - horse hide and the like?


Bart: Here's another one in Latin:
"Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere".

"Flatulo ergo sum"

I'd say it's right there between latigo & horsehide in draw.
It has a very sturdy feeling, more then other strops I tried.
Rather pliable , but still a very firm, sturdy feeling when used.
And it's pitch black, so it looks awesome with the chromed hardware :thumbup:

All in all, it's so good that I got rid of my other strops & since 6 months back it's the only strop I ever use!

"Sum ergo tondeo"

 

[Bart]

"Sum ergo tondeo"

At least that one I don't have to wonder about whether I am being insulted, as with the one calling me a windbag...
The Romans were allegdly very serious about their grooming.

Sounds like a very nice strop you got there.:thumbup:

Bart.

 

[Emmanuel]

"Sum ergo tondeo"

At least that one I don't have to wonder about whether I am being insulted, as with the one calling me a windbag...
The Romans were allegdly very serious about their grooming.

Sounds like a very nice strop you got there.:thumbup:

Bart.

Bart do you think that these phrases are romans?
They took them from the ancient Hellenes.
"Sum ergo tondeo" Even here the word ergo << ΕΡΓΟ >> is greek mostly hellenic.
Am i regionalist ?

Best regards
Emmanuel

 

[danjared]

"Sum ergo tondeo"

At least that one I don't have to wonder about whether I am being insulted, as with the one calling me a windbag...
The Romans were allegdly very serious about their grooming.

Sounds like a very nice strop you got there.:thumbup:

Bart.

Bart do you think that these phrases are romans?
They took them from the ancient Hellenes.
"Sum ergo tondeo" Even here the word ergo << ΕΡΓΟ >> is greek mostly hellenic.
Am i regionalist ?

Best regards
Emmanuel

Loanword. It happens all the time.

 

[Bart]

Latin and Greek are both independent branches of the Indo-Euopean languages. The Roman society was heavily influenced by the hellenistic world, and Latin borrowed many words from Greek during the parts in Roman history where it was fashionable for upper class Romans to speak Greek among their peers. But Latin is not a descendant language from Greek, in the way French, Italian and Spanish are descendant languages from Latin. These belong to the same linguistic branch of Indo-European languages: the Latin branch. English, Dutch and German belong to the Germanic branch of Indo-European. And Greek belongs to the Hellenic branch.
At least, that how I have learned it in school. Too long ago.

Kind regards,
Bart.

 

[danjared]

Latin and Greek are both independent branches of the Indo-Euopean languages. The Roman society was heavily influenced by the hellenistic world, and Latin borrowed many words from Greek during the parts in Roman history where it was fashionable for upper class Romans to speak Greek among their peers. But Latin is not a descendant language from Greek, in the way French, Italian and Spanish are descendant languages from Latin. These belong to the same linguistic branch of Indo-European languages: the Latin branch. English, Dutch and German belong to the Germanic branch of Indo-European. And Greek belongs to the Hellenic branch.
At least, that how I have learned it in school. Too long ago.

Kind regards,
Bart.

And, if you find an old enough book, you'll read that English, Dutch and German are Teutonic languages. How terms have changed!

If anyone is interested in historical linguistics, Principles of Historical Linguistics by Hans Henrich Hock is considered a classic text written in the English language. It is quite Indo-European centric, but much of the field of diachronic linguistics is this way. It unfortunately is very traditional and not terribly rigorous, at least not in the sense that the predominant linguistic fields are. But I may be biased, being educated in the very department Chomsky calls home.

 

[pinklather]

Jens, Thank You very much.

Bart, to remove all doubt or question, just humor & not at your expense. I'll I've got for your kind help is gratitude.

 

[Bart]

Jens, Thank You very much.

Bart, to remove all doubt or question, just humor & not at your expense. I'll I've got for your kind help is gratitude.

Yes, I suspected as much. whenever something can be taken good or bad, I've grown accustomed to pick the good intent.

Kind regards,
Fart. (typo intended)