After alot of searching for a new strop i decided to go for one of Tony Miller's strops.
Was alot of back and forth messaging with Tony, but he listened to everything and thought he had just what i was looking for.(which he indeed have. Will get into this more later)
We had some problem with the address, had too many characters to fill in the address form.
But Tony worked with me by going to the post office and fixed that. Really great guy I must say!
I probably made Tony sweat more than once though.
The strop, Old No.2 heirloom with linen, has arrived! Straight out of the box i feel something different, it has some nice weight to it compared to my other strops. The weight alone will probably keep this strop flat when hanging on the wall.
Tony had picked out some extra smooth leather for me. And it is indeed the smoothes leather ive felt. Still, it gives very nice feedback when stropping, as other members here have said, almost like butter. Leather is very sturdy, not easy to scratch, but is still soft and even.
People have also said, it even smells good. It almost have a natural acorn smell to it, to me.
I have never used linen before, so i cant compare it to other linen strops.
But i am hooked already, has a nice feel to it and the sound feedback is almost as if its sharpening the razor.
Very different from cotton.
I have not really tried the really expensive strops like cordovan. But Tony's strop to me is a high end strop. It seems like every detail has been thought of. I love it!
Was alot of back and forth messaging with Tony, but he listened to everything and thought he had just what i was looking for.(which he indeed have. Will get into this more later)
We had some problem with the address, had too many characters to fill in the address form.
But Tony worked with me by going to the post office and fixed that. Really great guy I must say!
I probably made Tony sweat more than once though.
The strop, Old No.2 heirloom with linen, has arrived! Straight out of the box i feel something different, it has some nice weight to it compared to my other strops. The weight alone will probably keep this strop flat when hanging on the wall.
Tony had picked out some extra smooth leather for me. And it is indeed the smoothes leather ive felt. Still, it gives very nice feedback when stropping, as other members here have said, almost like butter. Leather is very sturdy, not easy to scratch, but is still soft and even.
People have also said, it even smells good. It almost have a natural acorn smell to it, to me.
I have never used linen before, so i cant compare it to other linen strops.
But i am hooked already, has a nice feel to it and the sound feedback is almost as if its sharpening the razor.
Very different from cotton.
I have not really tried the really expensive strops like cordovan. But Tony's strop to me is a high end strop. It seems like every detail has been thought of. I love it!
