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The original glue used appeared to be Barge cement. That's a very good adhesive for leather however care must be taken thet it's not put on too thick.
The glue that I used when putting my paddle and...

Before I removed the leather I thought that maybe the glue was put on too thick down the center of the paddle, at least thats what I was hoping. But nope, it was the wood that was the problem. Just...

I ended up repairing this myself. Removing the leather, cleaning the old glue off and checking with a Starrett flat edge. The wood surface itself had a raised portion about 2 inchs wide and ran down...

Do you think it would be possible to remove the leather and re-sand the wood surface and then glue the leather back on. Has anyone ever tried this?

I used this paddle strop again today. Using only the smooth leather side, (as the flesh side is coated with CrOx) it again was apparent how humped up it is in the middle down the length of the strop...

Gentlemen, thank you for your reply's. I will try using the x-stroke on this paddle, however that sort of defeats the benifit of having a 3 inch paddle. I'm not comfortable with sanding this paddle...

Fairly new to straight razor shaving, about two months now. My first strop has been a new SRD 3 inch hanging strop that has been working out very well. About a month ago I also picked up a SRD 3 inch...