Thread: My Magnum Opus strop

After finding a nice piece of Linen fire hose at a good price i just had to make a strop. Now i've made several for myself and my son but i wanted this to be special. i Just love the elephant hide scraps i got at the leather store and needed a way to use them.
Normally my leather work is on the utilitarian side of the craft so i decided to do something on the "fine" leather working side. Bought some high end "Lin Cable" linen thread (as used by the fine European leather companies) as well as some leather edge paint (from Italy).
The main strop is english bridle with a linen fire hose secondary. Black hardware from strapworks I am sure i over built it but i didn't want it to ever wear out.



each of the joints is reinforced with nylon web (this is what i mean by over built, but at least i can use it to lower myself from a second story window in case of emergency)


the hanger end is the only part i made to disassemble easily

Absolutely lovely. Love those grips.

Great job

How does it strop?

Originally Posted by rolodave

Great job

How does it strop?

well, i kind of wish i would have splurged a little and got some different leather for the strop. it was kind of rough feeling compared to my old broken in one so i have been working it (hit it with some wet dry and neatsfoot oil) but i think it will be okay once it's broken in. The fire hose is a little zippy compared to my other but it is still nice.

Nice one, i like the attention to detail.

Very very nice strop, great job on that

Talk about a great looking strop. Fantastic attention to detail!
I'm sure you'll be really happy with the stropping after a little break in.
Congratulations and enjoy!

Pete <:-}

Beautiful job tintin!
Details, hardware selection and distressed looking handles. Super sweet looking strop.

Hats off to you, tintin! That's a great job and not easy to do, especially when the goal is something more fancy. It looks like pro work, congrats.

It looks fantastic!!! Excellent work Tintin.