Thread: What do you do to fix your nicks?

Dont know if youve tried this or not. If the nicks are small and on the edges of the strop they can sometimes just be trimmed out by making them into a small "V" instead of the flap. That way you won't catch the blade.

Originally Posted by Johnus

Dont know if youve tried this or not. If the nicks are small and on the edges of the strop they can sometimes just be trimmed out by making them into a small "V" instead of the flap. That way you won't catch the blade.

Haven't tried that and I have an "edge nick". Thanks!

I put a tiny drop of CA glue on a toothpick and glue them down with that. Works well usually but porous materials like leather are not CA glue's strong point.

Originally Posted by ProudMarineDad

I put a tiny drop of CA glue on a toothpick and glue them down with that. Works well usually but porous materials like leather are not CA glue's strong point.

That's where contact cement comes in handy... it should fill the pores of whatever material you put it on, plus has the added benefit of being flexible so that it'll flex w/ your leather.

Originally Posted by Johnus

Dont know if youve tried this or not. If the nicks are small and on the edges of the strop they can sometimes just be trimmed out by making them into a small "V" instead of the flap. That way you won't catch the blade.

This works anywhere, provided the nick isn't too deep. I just trim the flap off at an angle so the nick is more like a small trench, then I sand over it to smooth it down and bobs your uncle. Though all my nicks are in pretty much the same place and near the end, and they really are not deep.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

This works anywhere, provided the nick isn't too deep. I just trim the flap off at an angle so the nick is more like a small trench, then I sand over it to smooth it down and bobs your uncle. Though all my nicks are in pretty much the same place and near the end, and they really are not deep.

You have a flipping issue then don't cha!


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

You have a flipping issue then don't cha!


Mick

Arrrggggghhhhh, me hearty, I suffer(ed) from the common handle end heel side flip nick affliction. I seem to have mostly recovered

Originally Posted by edhewitt

...heel side flip nick affliction...

You have HSFNA? I have some of that myself. Might should start a support group or try to get vaccinated against it. This terrible illness costs daydreaming shavers a fortune in strop replacements each year.

(I have had luck with fine sandpaper or a fingernail file to smooth out gouges, crevasses, nicks or slices.)

Seeing as it usually only affects the last few inches of stropping surface, or about the last 4-6" of strop we could start a business selling rolled strop dispensers, like paper towel roll holders, so you could cut off the end of the strop and just pull out a bit more from the dispenser which would effectively form the anchor point for the strop. Alternatively lefty and Righty stroppers could pair up and swap strops when their affected areas got too bad. Or we could buy em up cheap and make em into paddle strops and sell them back to the bozo sorry person we bought them from.

Originally Posted by edhewitt

Seeing as it usually only affects the last few inches of stropping surface, or about the last 4-6" of strop we could start a business selling rolled strop dispensers, like paper towel roll holders, so you could cut off the end of the strop and just pull out a bit more from the dispenser which would effectively form the anchor point for the strop. Alternatively lefty and Righty stroppers could pair up and swap strops when their affected areas got too bad. Or we could buy em up cheap and make em into paddle strops and sell them back to the bozo sorry person we bought them from.

I'm in...who do we get as a supplier?