i should've been more careful.

chee16 · 09-28-2008, 07:02 AM

so i got my first hone and decided to see what kind of a difference it would make on the razor i have. i honed it, stropped with the green paste stuff and then plain leather stroped (i hope that was the correct order to do it in). an it did work a bit better. great.

but i got greedy and decided i would do it again to see if it would bee even better for the next shave (plus i had nothing better to do

) so it was all going well until the last swipe on my leather strop. i got clumsy after the away stoke and when i pulled back the razor it caught into the leather strop and sliced half way through it, literally. so now i need to buy a new strop. i think i can salvage what is left and i am going to try and mount it on a piece of wood like my green paste strop. still. i can't believe it.

i am stropless for the time being.

i should be able to make due though.
hopefully this isn't common.

Mike7120 · 09-28-2008, 07:48 AM

That sucks man. I have nicks all over my starter strop. This is just part of the learning curve and things will improve as you get more experienced.

gugi · 09-28-2008, 08:03 AM

You may be able to get the strop back using rubber cement.
Waaaa!!

napoleon · 09-28-2008, 11:13 AM

I nicked my strop 3 times in the first 10 minutes.

Problem is, it was never while stropping. Every time I had a razor in the other hand and wanted to do something (see the other side of the strop, put it down...).

chee16 · 10-01-2008, 11:31 PM

so i think i saved it. instead of trying to repair it i cut off the handle and cut it where i sliced it. i then took a 3inch by 13inch piece of wood and screwed a piece of dowel on each end. then i stretched the remaining piece of the strop across the dowels with some leather shoe lace so i could adjust the tension. it works really well but it does look pretty crude. so at least i still have a strop so i can wait a bit and shop for the right one, though now that i found the vendors corner here i don't think it will be hard to find one

Mike7120 · 10-02-2008, 03:08 AM

Nice job on the repair!

As long as it works, I wouldn't worry about how it looks. And as you said, this will give you time to look around and decide on your next strop.