So, I've never experienced this before until now. I have a Razor Emporium strop, and a very good quality strop it is. 3 inches wide, combination canvas and horse hide, with good quality fittings. It's been very good. I recently replaced the horse hide with a piece of horse hide from them, and from the beginning it seemed a bit different. Same thickness and finish, but it was more supple with a slightly different grain. Felt a bit faster compared to the other horse I've had from them and hasn't cupped as much. I like the feel of it and the way it strops and it does a really good job.
But recently, I've had a sticking or "stiction" sensation at the top of the lap. At first, I thought the razor was biting into the leather when I was turning it on the spine. Upon inspection, there is no evidence that anything has been cut or gouged. There is no stropping compound on it and it hasn't been treated with any leather treatments. It's just plain horse hide same as the day I got it.
I checked to see if maybe I spilled something on that area of the strop, but its the same as the rest of the strop. It only happens after about 15 or 20 laps.
One thing is that I've been honing and stropping several razors, and areas of the strop look to be glazing and accumulating metal, even though I wipe the razor clean and thoroughly strop on canvas before going to leather. I don't use any stropping compounds either on the canvas or anything else. It's just stropping a clean razor after canvas before a shave or after/during honing. And its only at the top of the lap before flipping the razor for the downward stroke
Has anyone else experienced this?
But recently, I've had a sticking or "stiction" sensation at the top of the lap. At first, I thought the razor was biting into the leather when I was turning it on the spine. Upon inspection, there is no evidence that anything has been cut or gouged. There is no stropping compound on it and it hasn't been treated with any leather treatments. It's just plain horse hide same as the day I got it.
I checked to see if maybe I spilled something on that area of the strop, but its the same as the rest of the strop. It only happens after about 15 or 20 laps.
One thing is that I've been honing and stropping several razors, and areas of the strop look to be glazing and accumulating metal, even though I wipe the razor clean and thoroughly strop on canvas before going to leather. I don't use any stropping compounds either on the canvas or anything else. It's just stropping a clean razor after canvas before a shave or after/during honing. And its only at the top of the lap before flipping the razor for the downward stroke
Has anyone else experienced this?