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Tandy leather 3/8 inch. I have had so much teasing/fun with my name over the years. I like the fun part!

I like the name William. But I figured that I would only make it until my son was about 16...

Now I had to go buy some stamps!:)

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Here is the latest addition to my stropping arsenal. The felt I found was what I thought a little thin so I doubled it. If I doubled it why not use 2 colors? That way each side using different sprays...

I tried the valve grinding compound tonight. It left an interesting scratch pattern. I wish I could take pictures for the rest of you to see what I am. It is a little harsh. After the 3rd shave today...

My shave today with the traditional Crox, fire hose, leather was what I expected. Good but not excellent. I suspect this will be like most things I have done. Getting to the 90th percentile is not...

Thanks for the ironing idea. I have melted the ends of the seat belts. They are plastic so that works. I don't think that would work on the linen of the hose. The hose seems to unravel to a certain...

I never even thought of that. Since these are CUSTOM I didn't even measure them before or after and made the leather fit the hose whatever the dimensions were. LOL

the drier helped these. They...

The fire hose has a heavier draw than the seat belt for example. It has a much courser knit. I have been using a piece for a while. Mine tends to cup or maybe it is the fold on the edges but it gets...

For the time being my stropping experiment is degenerating into a strop making experiment. I made 10 more today. 5 combo ones with leather and fire hose. I gave one of them to my neighbor who...

I now have applied 4 different leather treatments. Lexol, Nor-v-gan shoe oil, Neatsfoot oil, and Mink oil. that is the order of my first impressions with the Mink oil the best. I have a piece of...

Getting this thing posted is more work than the strops. :-]

I had some questions about how I did this and I was short one D ring from the 2 3/4 inch strop so I decided to finish it and take some...

First I glued them together with contact cement. Then I used a 4 prong thonging chisel to make the holes. Then hand sewn with waxed thread.

Not hard to do but I could certainly tell the first one...

That is what I think also. I have used the strop once and it has no draw. Hardly any resistance. No friction in my mind equals no heat so it would even take that possibility out of the question. It...

Today I made a hanger for my strops. I put it up before asking my wife for permission! She has been shaking her head at me more than usual the last couple of days.

Since the picture I have added...

Yellow paste, red paste. Crox, Diamond, treat with Neatsfoot oil, Mink oil,etc. What to put on a strop? And if you put it on you can't take it off! At the Minnesota meet I got a piece of leather from...