TRAVEL Flax retailer Linen Canvas Strop for Straight Razors

VINTAGE FLAX LINEN TRAVEL/COMPACT STROP FOR STRAIGHT RAZORS
Nickel Plated Steel Swivel Hook with Latigo Leather Bolster and Barber's End

This strop is my travel or compact strop. It is narrower and shorter than my average strop. It is perfect for travel because it can be safely rolled up for easy compact storage. Linen strops are perfect for travel because, unlike a leather strop (which should never be rolled but stored flat) a linen strop can be safely rolled to be made very compact. Rolled up, this strop could easily fit into a dopp bag.

This strop is handmade from a vintage 1925 100% flax linen fire hose. The linen for this strop is the finest I have and was made 96 years ago during the Roaring 20s - the same year Al Capone was engaged in a gang war trying to control the sale of liquor, gambling and prostitution in Chicago and the Scopes Monkey Trial.

This type of heavy, high quality, densely woven linen is difficult to find retailer and is coveted by straight razor enthusiasts. These types of strops will become more and more rare because unlined 100% flax linen fire hoses have not been manufactured for a very long time.

I rotate various leather strops but the one constant in my daily shaving routine is the use of a flax linen fire hose strop. In my opinion, the cloth materials attached to most production leather strops are radically inferior to this type of flax linen. The feedback, feel, and edge refinement of a flax linen strop is unrivaled.

PLEASE NOTE: The next to last photo is to show the size of this strop in comparison to my standard strop (this is just an example with a D-Ring version of the travel strop). The last photo (with the stenciling "1925") is to show the source hose. This stenciling is NOT on this strop.

Strop specifications:

Width: 2.1 inches
Overall length (not including O-ring): 23 inches
Stropping area: 17.5 inches
Hardware: nickel plated brass and steel
Bolster: 6/7 ounce black latigo leather

A nickel plated O-ring is included for lashing.

Prior to being made into a strop, this piece of flax linen went through a meticulous, multiday cleaning (no harsh chemicals such as bleach were used so as to not damage the linen). Because this strop is handmade from a 96 year old fire hose some marks, scuffs, and stains are not possible to remove. These imperfections do not make the strop any less effective. Please look closely at the photographs. The strop pictured is the strop you will receive.

Let me know if you have questions.