Comparing Tony Miller strops

[justino_14]

Looking to hear your thoughts on his flax vs cotton secondary components. Also 2.5 inches wide vs 3 inches wide. What is your preference? Cheers.

 

[dundak]

2.5 “ and linen with barber end. I don’t like wide or long strops. I like my hardware minimal. Gives me better feedback. Most of it is personal preference. It is what I have always used and am most efficient with. I like using an x stroke and you can’t do that with 3” strops. I prefer linen because I think it works better for my needs. No hard evidence. It’s also quieter.


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[NPV]

I’ll second the above, currently working on a comparison between it and firehose. Tonys linen is top notch.

 

[Acmemfg]

Tony’s fine weave cotton is outstanding. Compared to linen, and his coarser weave cotton, the fine stuff is best of the lot.
Never saw the huge advantage (if any) to linen. I have a linen strop....meh. No love for denim at all. Seldom if ever use it
Prefer 3” but 2 1/2” is alright.

 

[Tony Miller]

The 3" wide is my medium weave cotton, the 2 1/2" above it is my fine weave. The 2" is a soft cotton and the tan is the Genuine Flax Linen from Europe.