holding a kanayama strop? gold leaf stamp in the way

[global_dev]

so i was using my new kanayama w/o a handle and i figured I would hold the strop above the 2 stamps wrapped around my thumb/pointer finger and middle finger.

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seems like such an obvious answer, but how else would i not ruin the stamps.. and use it..

seems like an odd place for stamps.. you lose out on 2 inches or so of nice strop area. i guess it really isn't an issue.

 

[ouch]

Poor baby. I'll bet the shifter on your Ferrari is too stiff, too.


Seriously, I agree. I don't like any adornment whatsoever on the stropping area. What are they thinking?

 

[Thebigspendur]

That is how it was done. Probably more strops are like that than not. Most people wouldn't worry about the stamps. Is the strop for display or for real use?

 

[Kentos]

IMHO , at $380.00 plus shipping I would want it for use and display too, especially since it's a Japanese product where many times things are enjoyed equally for both function and aesthetics...ie Kaiseki restaurants, the Japanese cookies all individually wrapped and packaged 12 in a box, etc. Kinda like trying to preserve the etching on a rusted W&B.

 

[Blix]

Is the strop for display or for real use?

I would be very surprised if he bought a $380 strop for display.
It's supposed to be on of the best strops money can buy.

 

[global_dev]

Poor baby. I'll bet the shifter on your Ferrari is too stiff, too.
Seriously, I agree. I don't like any adornment whatsoever on the stropping area. What are they thinking?

i had the dealership tweak it, it was actually bit too sloppy for me coming out of the curves...

That is how it was done. Probably more strops are like that than not. Most people wouldn't worry about the stamps. Is the strop for display or for real use?

it's for use, but i like keep things looking well and i hadn't seen many strops like this in general due to my newness to straights and strops.

 

[Woodash]

...due to my newness to straights and strops.

Whoopsie! Have sandpaper; will travel...
Seriously, if I were to grip that strop as I do my own, there would only be a short distance of the stamp exposed, and there is no way that I would travel that far down on my 'backswing'.

 

[global_dev]

Whoopsie! Have sandpaper; will travel...
Seriously, if I were to grip that strop as I do my own, there would only be a short distance of the stamp exposed, and there is no way that I would travel that far down on my 'backswing'.

i hope i won't need it, my stropping over the past year has been pretty good.. you are probably right about the length of stropping area I need and that's how it felt when i used it..

 

[professorchaos]

I hold it at the very end and strop between the stamps. It's worked well.

 

[global_dev]

thanks guys... sometimes I just need to confirm the obvious!

so is there any special way to use the 2nd leather strop?

 

[Mr. Scruffy]

I put my thumb right in the middle of the lower stamp when I grip mine.

 

[gary haywood]

I have the same strop. I hold in the same manor. One of the nicest strops out there. I use the linen first, then the second piece with 20 laps and the final leather with 20 laps. I soaked my linen in fabric conditioner for one day, rinsed let it dry natural. Its now very soft and feels much better to strop on.

gary

 

[life2short1971]

I generally hold my strops with my thumb and index finger. Quite like thumb wrestling when you have the opponent pinned.

 

[global_dev]

I have the same strop. I hold in the same manor. One of the nicest strops out there. I use the linen first, then the second piece with 20 laps and the final leather with 20 laps. I soaked my linen in fabric conditioner for one day, rinsed let it dry natural. Its now very soft and feels much better to strop on.

gary

the 2nd piece was quite heavy... i'll have to get used to it...

 

[heirkb]

I put my thumb right in the middle of the lower stamp when I grip mine.

This is what I did when I had mine. I used mine a lot and the stamps were fine, but I guess they could wear off over a few years.

 

[W_B_K]

An alternative is to have him change the stamps. Part of the reason I did not like my first Kanayama was the huge stamps. I saw that JimR was offering other stamps and colors. I asked if it was possible to move the Kanayama stamp up top and leave the number stamp on the bottom and ditch the Llama. I got the stamps in silver to match the clamp. This is the result and I like it

 

[global_dev]

great idea.. nice to know for the future..