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Vintage Illinois 127 Horse Leather Strop
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And you've posted a photo of it here because......?
Hi BRSims, I see you have a low post count, so you probably posted your strop in the honing section by accident.
If you want to show off your strop, and/or learn more about it, you can post it in the Strops subforum, or maybe just the General Straight Razor Talk forum.
If you wanted to sell it, the BST would be the place to go, but with your low post count, I don't think you can sell.
If you are looking to give it away, look no further
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If you want to show off your strop, and/or learn more about it, you can post it in the Strops subforum, or maybe just the General Straight Razor Talk forum.
If you wanted to sell it, the BST would be the place to go, but with your low post count, I don't think you can sell.
If you are looking to give it away, look no further
.
Nice strop. I used one for a while until it was replaced with a TM horse. My brother is still using the 127.
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Hi BRSims, I see you have a low post count, so you probably posted your strop in the honing section by accident.
If you want to show off your strop, and/or learn more about it, you can post it in the Strops subforum, or maybe just the General Straight Razor Talk forum.
If you wanted to sell it, the BST would be the place to go, but with your low post count, I don't think you can sell.
If you are looking to give it away, look no further
I will be happy to give it away to a good home. Just need the cost of shipping covered. Send me a PM if interested.~~ Billy Ray
I was really just making a joke, but I would be more than happy to take you up on that offer! Thank you Billy Ray!
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Send me a pm with your e- mail and address, an we'll take it from there.
It's a vintage unused strop that deserves a good home.
It's a vintage unused strop that deserves a good home.
There should be a PM in your inbox (actually 2, since I didn't include an email in the first one). I am really excited! Thank you again!
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It's all yours!
Wow, you are only 2 hours directly south of me...
That was very nice of you Mr. Sims
Best,
Jake
Reddick Fla.
Best,
Jake
Reddick Fla.
Kindness and generosity on this board is out of hand. A stop to which this must be put.
I got the strop in the mail a couple days ago!
It is indeed in very very good condition. There are some scratches on the surface that one would expect, but boy, what a nice strop! Thank you Billy Ray!
When the strop arrived, the leather was quite stiff, which I would expect from an unused, untreated, new leather strop. I have probably spent a total of 3 hours rubbing it to help soften the leather. Just simple rubbing was starting to deepen the color of the leather, at least for a short while. It was becoming obvious that if I wanted to use the strop on short order (who wouldn't?) I was going to have to do more than rub the leather by hand. Last night I applied a generous amount of neatsfoot oil to the strop, and rubbed it in. This seems to have helped it's pliability quite nicely, and has given the strop a much darker color on the front surface. I used it this morning, and it's breaking in nicely. Perhaps this weekend I will remove the leather component and give it more neatsfoot oil and a more thorough working over.
The Illinois 127 is at least a full 1/4" wider than my Upgraded Poor Man's Strop, and the stropping length is about 2" greater. My Poor Man's is much softer after two years of use, but I remember it being quite stiff when it was new. The surface on the Illinois isn't quite as slick as on the Poor Man's. Despite the differences, they both get the job done. I haven't used canvas/linen to strop before (since the Poor Man's didn't come with a cloth strop), so I will have to give it a try and report back.
It is indeed in very very good condition. There are some scratches on the surface that one would expect, but boy, what a nice strop! Thank you Billy Ray!
When the strop arrived, the leather was quite stiff, which I would expect from an unused, untreated, new leather strop. I have probably spent a total of 3 hours rubbing it to help soften the leather. Just simple rubbing was starting to deepen the color of the leather, at least for a short while. It was becoming obvious that if I wanted to use the strop on short order (who wouldn't?) I was going to have to do more than rub the leather by hand. Last night I applied a generous amount of neatsfoot oil to the strop, and rubbed it in. This seems to have helped it's pliability quite nicely, and has given the strop a much darker color on the front surface. I used it this morning, and it's breaking in nicely. Perhaps this weekend I will remove the leather component and give it more neatsfoot oil and a more thorough working over.
The Illinois 127 is at least a full 1/4" wider than my Upgraded Poor Man's Strop, and the stropping length is about 2" greater. My Poor Man's is much softer after two years of use, but I remember it being quite stiff when it was new. The surface on the Illinois isn't quite as slick as on the Poor Man's. Despite the differences, they both get the job done. I haven't used canvas/linen to strop before (since the Poor Man's didn't come with a cloth strop), so I will have to give it a try and report back.
Well, if you decide you don't want the Illinois, let me know!
~~~if you do this, make sure you keep the oil off the stiched handle, so the handle and the gold embossing wont deteriorate. I had a #127 Illinois strop and used neatsfoot oil to get it to slow down, & that said, I have an idea mine was cowhide and not the nicer horse yours has. Anyways, I got some of the neatsfoot oil on the handle and I didn't care for the way the leather used for the handle responded...it seemed to soften overly so
if the handle is dry you may want to try some other type of leather conditioner on a small spot first, like a test spot...Lexol comes to mind
Best,
Jake
Reddick Fla.
