Thread: My Homemade Shiznit

Since I'm going nuts with my new camera, I thought I'd do a little photo spread of my homemade shiznit. I'm a guy with average skills and only hand tools. If I can do it, you can, too. None of this stuff is great, but it all works.

First up is my $5 strop, made from a scrap piece of Latigo & some scrap stainless rod. Stitched with a hand stitching awl. (You're looking at the back, so you can see the fold & the stitching). I used a bending device in the machine shop at work. One D-ring came out much bigger than the other, so I used that one for the bottom since that's the one you have to fit your fingers in: