Which should I buy ?
- Thread starter Spinner
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HH tends to be slicker than Latigo. Can't comment on Bridle. I'm sure others with experience can describe where it fits in.
If you like walking on hardwood floors, go HH... if you like walking on shag carpet, go Latigo.
If you like walking on hardwood floors, go HH... if you like walking on shag carpet, go Latigo.
Slash McCoy
I freehand dog rockets
Whichever one you think you might want. You don't have preferences yet. If you are just starting, go with ordinary cow or steer hide, veg tanned, decent hardware, something under $50 because you will probably butcher your first strop while you learn to use it.
Good quality cowhide, middle of the road speed. Once you have experience you can make more informed choice$$$. I prefer barbers end, but agree on hardware for your first stop, mine was too.
rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
"butcher your first strop"? I butchered my first 2½ strops, but then I'm a slow learner.
Still on number 3 with only a few nicks in it. I might send @Tony Miller an order sometime next year.
Rbsecu, part of that may be the strops you're using. IMHO shorter strops with hardware on both ends are more likely to get nicked.
Interesting thought ... Why do you think this would be true?
More abrupt starting and stopping
My favorite of the three is horsehide. But it tends to be more expensive. As said above, choose a cheap strop in starting out as you'll probably nick or cut it.
When I started out, I was holding the shank from top to bottom during the pass and doing a kind of pencil-roll spin with my fingers during the flip, as shown in many videos. As a result, I would sometimes wind up with unexplained nicks. Later, after an e-mail exchange with an old-hand at straight-razor shaving, I was convinced to adopt another approach, one that involved gripping the shank more from side to side with a slight turn of the wrist during the slip. This meant that I, not the leather, was in charge, and from that point on, it has been very, very rare for me to nick a strop.
rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
You could be right but I prefer to think that I am just a slow learner. After all, it took me about 100 SR shaves to become very proficient with an SR.
It only took me 30. 
That makes a whole lot of sense now
