Razor Leather
By admin | January 12, 2010
Razor Leather
Substitute strop items?
Can a leather belt be used to sharpen a straight razor? and no I'm not cheap just poor.
Jen D i mean would it work for sharpening it or not, not wether i should use something i have or not
also i dont know why this posted to food and drink
Remember that there's a difference between stropping a straight razor and sharpening (or honing) one. Shaving tends to bend the microscopic edge of the razor (any razor, which is why you need to swap out cartridges or blades on other types of razors). Stropping is used to realign that edge before and/or after every shave. Honing implies using a sharpening stone or something to literally remove some of the metal to reestablish an edge that's been chipped away (again microscopically, you don't actually see the chipping).
Your question is kind of tough to answer. On the one hand, Yes you can use a belt to strop your straight. However, the quality of the belt will make the difference between stropping your razor and making it so much worse that you need a hone to fix it. Just because a belt is "100% leather" doesn't mean it's smooth enough to be a strop. There could be microscopic (there's that word again) imperfections or rough parts that will do more damage than good to your blade.
Also, there's a certain degree of skill needed to properly strop a straight razor; it's not as easy as it looks . With a good quality strop, you can afford to make a few mistakes, but with low quality leather, there's no give.
I understand your pain. The cheapest (but good quality) new strop I could find was still ~$40. When I was first interested in straights, I didn't really have that much to spare either. Fortunately for me, my local barber had an old strop that he just gave me. You could try a local barber, or maybe eBay....
Good luck. I hope this helps.
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