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02-27-2009, 03:39 PM #1Senior Member
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Meet Mr. Ugly
Inspired by the Verhoeven paper and that he just went to shoe store and picked up some leather for a strop I figured I'd try the same.
I went to a local cobbler, we actually have a real one here in downtown, and they referred me to a leather store up the street. Long story short found two great scraps of black Latigo leather for a song. Took them home cut them down and bored out a couple of holes. The brass hardware is from my Illinois strop that this replaces, the "beener" is an extra from my rockclimbing days. It is 3" wide and about 15" or 16" long. Worked real well on the wedges I strapped this morning. Fast and gritty would be the term. Still backed up with Chrom ox linen. I have enough to make a bench strop to that I may use diamond spray on for giggles.
This strop is thick and stiff. You pull it out and it sits in mid air like a board. Real nice no sag at all.
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02-27-2009, 04:53 PM #2---
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I thought that (the beener) was a mole grip in the first picture!
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02-27-2009, 05:24 PM #3Large Member
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That does indeed look stiff. Maybe you could break it in a bit..........with a sledgehammer?
Homemade strops are great though. Jim's inspired me to get hold of some Roo leather.
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02-28-2009, 12:03 AM #4The Great & Powerful Oz
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Looks like a leaf spring in the last shot
Well you did say it was stiff 
Seriously tho, I like the 'beener' . Could work at both ends really.The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.
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03-03-2009, 05:21 AM #5French Toast Please!
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What in the name of free love is that?!?!?!
Sorry couldn't resist!
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A spidey-man razor of course. You gotta have a backup!
Originally Posted by sicboater
What in the name of free love is that?!?!?!
Sorry couldn't resist!
-Rob
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03-03-2009, 07:44 AM #7Member
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Yes sure looks a bit stiff...
When I started out making my own they tend also to be stiff coz I bought the the wrong leather, so what I did was sanding the stop with high grit and greasing the backside with some left over nivea cream. That did make the strops smooth and soft..
@sicboater
Well spotted and what a
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03-03-2009, 04:10 PM #8Pogonotomy rules
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Oh boy, you're soooo busted!
(Fine job on the strop, BTW!)
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03-03-2009, 04:12 PM #9Senior Member
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In my defense. I have a 4 year old and a 1 year old.
My 4 year old uses a 1920 Old Type and my youngest likes to use the Spiderman. Besides that razor is a cartridge.
I will never use one of those ever again.
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04-03-2009, 06:22 AM #10big al
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looks like a strip of road tar..hehe
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