Straight Razor Strop Tutorial: How to Restore a Vintage Strop
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I just restored my grandfather’s vintage strop: double leather one. I found that using honey leather cleaner once then using the conditioner 4 times over a two month period that the strop returned to a neutral state where you can add strop paste.
Amazing! The tutorial was thorough and the product went from delicate and old, to "WOW! - - I want that!" I am so happy you have added this service. I will consider it highly when acquiring vintage strops in the future! EXCELLENT WORK!
Since matt hasn't responded to any questions about the sandpaper grit I thought I'd tell everyone I tried this on my horse leather strop (by razor emporium) I used some 1000 grit automotive grade sandpaper I had laying around and it worked really well, I'd probably go as low as 800 or MAYBE 600 grit at first then finish with the 1k grit for a super smooth surface because it took a good while to get the nicks out with just the 1k. And again this was with automotive sandpaper from the auto parts store NOT carpentry sandpaper from Lowe's or home depot, automotive sandpaper is much finer and leaves a smoother finish
couldn't have set it better thanks!
Matt
RazorEmporium Well you certainly could have said it sooner
@@wiltonrand2561 I agree. really lame the dude did not respond to any real question, he did reply to gushing praise,
Just to add a note, I am sure I read some where that a certain pumas stone was used in the smoothing down of strop making,
I cannot believe the bleating and whining from some of the ‘Old Women’ with nothing better to do sheesh ! 🙄
Super awesome, I can't wait to try this!! Thanks Matt and team for another phenomenal tutorial, you guys rock!! One Love and Happy Shaving!!
I have my great granddad's simple strop & may try this, thanks.
Matt what grit do you recommend
That was so enjoyable to watch, awesome work at the RE with the restorations and awesome work on RUclips. You edited this video so well and the strop looks AWESOME
Lol I just actually got into shoe shinning and just got me some Saphir Patè De Lux, The one with the bumblebee 🐝
That was awesome and thanks for all you do to restore wet shaving to its former glory !!
What grit sandpaper did you use??
When it comes to the linen and cotton. A simple nail bristle brush, dish detergent, warm water and a diluted solution spray of 9 parts water to 1 part bleach is fine, and maybe rinse with a touch of fabric softener. I clean up my linens every 6 months or so. I wouldn't recommend doing this on flax linen though.
Great video. What grit are you sanding with?
My question as well. Since OP mentioned emery boards I'm thinking fairly coarse; like 500 grit. Or maybe less.
Greatvideo and the final result is so good❤👍🏻
Thank you! Cheers!
Great job and fantastic strop! Congratulations Matt!
Here's my restoration tip, sent all your stuff to the experts at Razor Emporium.
Enough said.
Wow thank you very much
Although I gave up sraight razor shaving a long time ago (DE only), it's a nice instructional video.
Patrick Eruimy why did you stop?
Nice job! 🔥✨
I’d love to have you restore mine. I’d love to have it for the future. Let me know if you are interested.
Amazing work amazing video keep the videos coming one of my favorite channels on RUclips.
Jeremy Hinze don't worry we will :)
hands down the best video i could find. one guy reccomended using super glue...wtf. thanks for keeping it old school
Great instructional but I have a question I can't seem to find nor can I get an answer from anyone. I have acquired an old Wilkinson Sword Razor (like the Valet Autostrop) in a wood box with an old strop in a (buckle/keeper). The strop is very dry and I want to at least recondition it but afraid of cracking or breaking it where the folds are. How would I go about doing this without causing more damage? Any help is much appreciated. Thank you Matt
See strop revamp video. Thx
Thank you for the great video. I was given my grandfather's old strop and razor recently. I have restored the razor and am using it daily. The strop has some wrinkles in the leather. Any recommendations on how to deal with those? Should I just try to sand them out, or is there a better way?
What grit do you use?
I'm not sure if this vid's comments are monitored but curious, if they are monitored, exactly what does the term 'natural finish' indicate on a strop? Does it indicate no dyes, or does it indicate that the leather texture is not polished smooth?
I sanded down a horse hide strop that has the referenced marking and am also wondering if the strop surface is supposed to feel like brushed suede. That is how it feels after sanding off the patina. Apprehensive to 'treat' it with products mentioned in this video due to concern that the brushed suede texture will be lost when polished. I've used a progression of 'more coarse' sandpaper to the finer grits to minimize the impact of the coarse sandpaper upon the leather. I have one of your sueded-finish horsehide strops, as well as several vintage "shell" horse hide strops. The suede texture is a great draw, BTW, on both the vintage one I sanded and the one I purchased from RE! I actually prefer it to my Cordovan leather strops.
So, again, questions: is the Natural Finish marking denoting no dyes and will the suede effect disappear with reconditioning the leather and polishing with the wax? I suspect I know the answers but do not want to proceed without benefit of your experience. Thank you in advance and your firm has excellent products if anyone needs a recommendation.
Any oils or products will take away that suede finish. So only proceed if you know that. Natural finish is a gimmick term and can mean a lot of things.
@@RazorEmporium Thank you for your response. I assumed that this would be the response. Thank you again!
Thank you. I bought a bad strop and I have plenty of polishing nail files
well done looks beautiful
Got this old leather back brace for lifting im working on making it straight but overall will it do basically what a strop does.??
I'm just starting out learning how to make strops so if I was to use a type of leather a good high quality leather like was made out of this one what would I use what would be the best letter for me to use to create a 70 year lasting strop
Do you have any advice or tips on cleaning kangaroo leather? Then do or how would you refresh and maintain it? Thanks Jas frm New Zealand.
I enjoyed watching
Awesome job!
Great videos
Could you do a video about the different types of strops, horse vs cow vs kangaroo?
Excellent 👌 thank you so much 😊
What a great video
Very helpful, thanks.
Wow, nice work Matt
I was wondering if wanted to bring your first strop back to life, do you know everyone always messes up their first one. I sanded it in certain areas, and I was wondering if I sanded the whole thing and maybe put some leather dye over it it would look newer? Because I know if I just sanded it it would just make it more rougher and more drawl
No dye needed just oil.
Hi. Can you buy these straps for razor straightening?
WOW amazing work matt
How do i repair nicks and small cuts on a strop
Try an emery board or high grit sand paper. Follow up with a leather conditioning oil.
Thanks Razor Emporium for your videos. I recently received a new strop, it was folded and wrinkle. What do you suggest to solve the wrinkles? I will appreciate your sugestions.
Are Weiman products any good?
Never heard of them
What's the best way to restore a heavily deformed strop? At what point do you give up? I have an old one laying around, but I'm not sure it will ever get back into shape...
Just be carfull in the oil as the many oils breaks down leather in time
Neats foot oil used to be the one to use but its made different these days its not the same,
Attention to Detail
What conditioner do you suggest to use (Neastfoot oil, generic strop balm or Nivea) to restore a dry Rolls Razor leather strop?
Hey Matt ,, I had the boo-boo of all the other day, stropping. You probably already know what Im going to say YUP ,,, I sliced into my damn strop, and its not small. I applied super glue and lightly sanded it. I scared to use it now.. Any thing you recommend??? Thanks Matt,,,, Brian Greer.
What if the leather is black? Would I need black polish instead of transparent?
Nice work, Sir.
Does the sanding block have a hard backing, or a slightly spongy backing? Also what grits is best to use to take out minor scuffs on a shell strop?
Sponge. You can start low like 120 or 180.
@@RazorEmporium Yeap it works! I tried it, and a foam backing is less likely to 'dig in'. Had a piece of foam that comes with the Shapton pro stones and simply just use spray adhesive to bond it to a piece of pvc trim board and them spayed it and placed the sand paper onto of that.
What do you charge for a strop clip to be replateing?
Hey Matt, I've been singing Tom Sawyer for some days since the Lather be shaving ep and guess what, the Ready Player One Trailer plays it :D have you seen it?
Donald Ross I'll have to check that out
Cool video...Thanks
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do you do strop restoration?
How much do you charge for restoration ?
$69
hello there, just curious, is it necessary to strop? Can I just use the straight razor everyday and maybe sharpen it once a year on a stone?
Yes it is very necessary to strop, and even with proper stropping you will most likely need to sharpen more than once a year. The variables are all specific to you however, frequency of use, blade material, beard coarseness, and whether you're stropping with paste, etc. We are always interested in hearing of ways people are getting more life out of their blade, so give it a try and let us know how it goes!
Wow great job!
Dart thank you!! Fun to shoot :)