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Supplier of Roo leather found.
In recent days I have been speaking with an Ebay seller of Kangaroo Hide pieces. His name is Geoff and his ebay business name is outthere09.
This all came about as I...

Thanks for the advice Jimbo.
I am sourcing some Kangaroo leather, (it was my first choice) at this time, don't know if I want to buy a full hide though. I may have to rely on somebody dealing with...

Some more progress photos on this job. I have now cleaned up the inner barrel the strop retracts in and out on. Also found there were 3 tiny pins on the handle that could be removed so the old strop...

Update update more good news.

Got nearly everything apart now, pics show what it all looks like now.

First photo shows the opened up strop parts in order (so I can put it together again...

Good news on the strop, partial success with opening it up I found the old barber gent in my area and as he was able to point me in the right direction on how to open the strop.

It is a screw...

Great information and tip Geezer. I will try the local Hardware guys in the next couple of days. Also appreciate the ebay listing showing inside the Retractable Strop.
Thanks mate

Thanks to Kees and Bouchie for your input gents.
I thought of Roo leather is already quite thin compared to most leather used for stropping.
I thought it may be a good starting point in my quest....

Hi Guys
Some time ago I managed to buy a retractable razor strop with the mechanism in good order, but the leather is in need of replacement. I also note the leather is quite thin on these. The unit...