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Thanks! I had never carved out a handle on anything before. Since basswood is soft, it went really fast although I did have to keep my focus because of the speed at which wood was coming off.

I...

The foam is great! It gives a bit of cushion under the blade, but the foam is so thin that its not squishy. You really cant even tell its there in terms of stropping characteristics. To me, it feels...

I figured a little bit of give under the blade might be a good thing. I got alot of responses about just using hanging strops with paste so I figured the foam might help replicate a taut hanging...

Just thought I would post some pics of my newest creation.

In wake of finding out that my pasted balsa strop was warped I decided to just bite the bullet and try making my own paddle strop using...