January at Vintage Shaving Shoppe/Little Stropper - Keep Your Razor Sharp!

[LittleStropper]

I feel privileged to be a supporting vendor here at B&B and to be making my first posting in the Vendor Corner.

This month, we are featuring our razor honing/stropping products, which are available at http://www.littlestropper.com/store. We are particularly proud of our original Patent Pending Magnetic StropBox System (which must be good, as we have noticed several competitors flattering us with imitations) and our exclusive line of Premium Diamond Slurry Sprays and our proprietary slurry lubricant and extender: SlurryLube. There is a lot of technology behind these six products (if you wish to read about them, click here). But suffice to say that our Diamond slurries are an ideal and economical way to keep your razors shaving-sharp for longer than you ever thought possible.

Our recent focus on keeping the razors sharp has distracted us somewhat from putting up new shave-ready razors. We will be remedying this oversight shortly, so check www.vintageshavingshoppe.com for new razors in the coming weeks.

Orders may be placed online or via our TOLL FREE number: 800-636-9670. Have questions? PM us or send an email to [email protected] and we will be happy to answer.

Here are some vital links for our business:

Toll Free Number:
800-636-9670

General Website:
http://www.littlestropper.com

Store:
http://www.littlestropper.com/store

Razor Auctions:
http://www.vintageshavingshoppe.com

Blog:
http://vintageshavingshoppe.blogspot.com

Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vi...14518578563771

E-mail:
[email protected]

[LittleStropper]

In response to several offline questions I have received, I just wanted to provide a short explanation of how all of our slurry products should be used. Slurries should be sprayed onto the substrate - 100% hard wool felt is recommended, but others may be used. Just a few pumps are all that is necessary - just make sure that the surface is uniformly damp. It is important that is stays damp because it is the liquid in which the diamond is suspended that does two important jobs:

• The carrier (or solution) is what keeps the tiny diamonds moving and keeps them on the substrate. If allowed to dry, some diamonds would embed themselves into the substrate and most would just fly off into the air.
• The lubricants in our formulas help prevent the abraded metal from embedding itself in the substrate. If you see a black spot on a wool strop you have been using, you are likely seeing worn steel. This means that diamond is no longer working in that area. To save on slurry spray, we sell a lubricant called SlurryLube which re-wets the slurry without having to use more diamond spray.

You WILL reach a point where there is just too much metal embedded in the substrate to be effective. In the case of wool, taking a stiff brush to a dry strop will remove much of the metal fragments, as well as the diamonds. Simply re-apply once cleaned. You can do the same with leather, but if you are using the spray on smooth leather, be aware that brushing it will roughen it. We do not recommend using slurries on smooth leather for this reason and due to the inevitable metal buildup that cannot be easily removed from smooth leather.

If any of you have questions about these or any other of our products, please contact us at [email protected]