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Girls call me Makaluod
I started using these 60mm calf-hide strops in my early SR days. They were relatively cheap, worked well and I was not to upset as I cut them up while learning. I kept one in good condition (not cut up too much) as my travel strop.
Early this month I ordered another from Titan and expected the same. I was very disappointed. The calf-hide leather for these strops was previously about 1.5mm thick. The leather is still the same calf-hide but the thickness has been reduced to about 0.8mm.
The thickness of 0.8mm is still usable for me but only just. I would not recommend them, particularly to a n00bie and I definitely will not be buying any again.
I have another similar (but not the same) strop from a different supplier on its way. This strop is of comparable cost so it will be interesting to compare. I will report back here in this thread.
Early this month I ordered another from Titan and expected the same. I was very disappointed. The calf-hide leather for these strops was previously about 1.5mm thick. The leather is still the same calf-hide but the thickness has been reduced to about 0.8mm.
The thickness of 0.8mm is still usable for me but only just. I would not recommend them, particularly to a n00bie and I definitely will not be buying any again.
I have another similar (but not the same) strop from a different supplier on its way. This strop is of comparable cost so it will be interesting to compare. I will report back here in this thread.
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