Thread: Travel strop storage box reskin??

Do not fiddle with it.leave it as is,just display it,is a pce of old history.

It might be old, but it has seen a lot of use and they were 10-a-penny at one time. You still find a lot of them now, particularly on the continent, eg France.

I think you should use it as was intended - it was made as a functional piece, not a state-of-the-art trinket worth a million bucks.

The ones I have seen usually have just one leather side, but having two sides makes the piece more funtional - you just have to be careful about the surface you lay it on, otherwise you find yourself in the unenviable position of needing a bag or box to put your box in!

Most of the old paddles, especially the cushion type, had a leather final finish side and a velvety napped sort of side, usually this was meant to be coated with an abrasive and wasn't even leather a lot of times, just a thin sort of leatherette.

However, using a piece of the same leather for both sides, one that has hardly any oil content, and using a DMT to abrade one side and raise a fine nap will suffice.

The napped surface is usually a delight to strop on, but will go shiny over time, at which point you can paste it with something.

Regards,
Neil