Thread: Starter strop

My first strop was my dads old leather belt. It just has to be a very smooth piece of leather. The old man used to strop on a damn newspaper. You can go 3" Black English Bridle Leather Stropping Board rout or many other routs I guess it depends on what you are comfortable learning on. If you are light on cash there are always 3X10 or so inch scraps of leather at a leather shop, and I just passed a 3 inch board on the way home in the road.......you could easily make that at home for a few bucks. Remember wife aggravation comes with the territory for some reason-
good luck pitrik