3" Tallow Tan Leather Single Sided Razor Strop

This is a very good quality, no-nonsense solid and reliable strop, hand-made in England from quality tallow-tanned leather.  The leather is a top-quality natural vegetable tanned cowhide with a difference - it has undergone a traditional european fatty tannage which has left the leather very soft and supple (note that Dovo yellow paste is composed mainly of tallow, a natural animal fat product).  Like all natural products the leather panels have small marks and unique traces, none of which will impair the ability to finely hone a razor - it has been specially hand-selected for this job! This strop has a few cosmetic marks on it and a few very light stains, hence its reduced price.

The leather hardware attachment flap and the handle are securely sewn to the strop.  The edges of the leather strop panel are lightly bevelled so that they are less likely to catch the razor, and there is a pinstripe embossed into the leather on either side as a simple, but elegant decoration.  The leather is 3.0mm - 4.0mm thick on average.  The hanging hardware is very rugged - it comes without a swivel as this is a single-sided strop, although I can always provide swivelling attachments at extra cost.  The handle is made quality german juchten leather and is comfortably contoured and padded to firmly fit the hand - not cheap flat stitched handles that you find on most modern strops! 

The strop is a very good length - from the tip of the hanging gear to the bottom of the handle it measures 30 inches long by 3 inches wide, and the free stroppable length is just under 18 inches - a good amount of space, so the razor will require far less laps than on other, smaller thinner strops.

This is a good finishing strop, comparable to horse-hide in many ways but with a bit more draw.

Please note that this is an English handmade product, made by one individual - not a factory item made by machine, so you should expect signs of handwork such as slightly irregular stitching, etc.  Leather is a natural substance which also shows some marks and slight imperfections, none of which will interefere with the ability of this strop to produce a super-fine edge on a razor.  I always make a test prototype of every strop I sell, selecting the leather that has representations of all marks and imperfections for the test prototype, and I use it punishingly so I am very familiar with the materials I use and can personally recommend them.  The items I sell are made from leather that has far less pronounced markings, etc, than the test prototypes - anything not meeting my exacting standards is rejected!

Packaged weight will be around 650gms.