Nicked the living hell out of my strop

[neilyasno]

So basically, the poor man's strop from whipped dog which was sold to me is nearly dead. Well not nearly but I have nicked it a lot. Stupid I know Is it worth trying to sand down or should I try to buy something else? If so, what?

 

[BigFoot]

I fixed my practice strop with glue and sanding. It works fine again. I also have a Tony Miller, that is why I fixed the other one.

 

[neilyasno]

I fixed my practice strop with glue and sanding. It works fine again. I also have a Tony Miller, that is why I fixed the other one.

Scott what grit sandpaper did you use? I'm actually quite upset because I would realize that I was doing something wrong as I was doing it and end up damaging something which I shouldn't have done

 

[BigFoot]

Scott what grit sandpaper did you use? I'm actually quite upset because I would realize that I was doing something wrong as I was doing it and end up damaging something which I shouldn't have done

I used about the finest I could find at Home Depo, I am terrible trying to remember my grits. Let's just say it removed very little leather and took some time. It all came out good in the end though. 1000 grit does that sound right?

 

[inspiringK]

I used to nick my poor man strop a lot too. Then I switched to a full size strop from Star Shaving (I think that's the name) and haven't nicked it yet (after over 6 months or so). I'm not sure if the larger strop makes it easier to avoid nicks or whether I became more careful when switching to the new strop. The point is that eventually you have to jump out of the nest. Unless you have the Tony Miller in your living room as a conversation piece, you probably bought it to strop your razors on - no point in depriving it of that task. Naturally, if you are still very new to stropping, then the poor man can be helpful for a while longer, but I wouldn't prolong the process too much just because you are nervous about the TM.

Edit: Looks like I got confused between the first two posts. Meh, I think what I said still stands.

 

[Gamma]

It's been a long while, but I remember starting the knick-repair process on 220x, then worked up to about 600.
I only had some teeny nicks from the strop cupping to deal with though.

 

[Seraphim]

The answer you are clearly looking for here is this:

Kanayama.

Now is the time, the rationalization is there, the stars have aligned...

Go
Buy
Strop
Enjoy

 

[BigFoot]

I used to nick my poor man strop a lot too. Then I switched to a full size strop from Star Shaving (I think that's the name) and haven't nicked it yet (after over 6 months or so). I'm not sure if the larger strop makes it easier to avoid nicks or whether I became more careful when switching to the new strop. The point is that eventually you have to jump out of the nest. Unless you have the Tony Miller in your living room as a conversation piece, you probably bought it to strop your razors on - no point in depriving it of that task. Naturally, if you are still very new to stropping, then the poor man can be helpful for a while longer, but I wouldn't prolong the process too much just because you are nervous about the TM.

I do use the TM, I just was not going to use it back then. I should have clarified that comment better.

 

[sychodelix]

Somewhere between 600-1000 grit should be good. Don't ask me how I know

 

[jpcwon]

The answer you are clearly looking for here is this:

Kanayama.

Now is the time, the rationalization is there, the stars have aligned...

Go
Buy
Strop
Enjoy

+1! I just got mine...I was not privy to the awesomeness of Cordovan prior to obtaining the Kanayama, but MAN that stuff is, well, awesome!!