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    I could do with a nice pair of gloves!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Jaatinen1982 View Post
    Thank you Neil for useful post. I found supplier who sells swedish bridle leather and I am going to see her tomorrow. Learning some leather working techniques same time and going to choose few good hides also for first strops.

    I don't like idea to waste over 50% of hide because it is not good enough. So now I have to think what else I could do with parts that are not suitable for strops.
    While there,ask her if she has any Swedish single bend,That is some fantastic leather.Good luck.
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    That sounds faintly lewd.
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    While there,ask her if she has any Swedish single bend,That is some fantastic leather.Good luck.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WW243 View Post
    That sounds faintly lewd.
    Only in your mind Is just a type of leather.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Anthony1954 View Post
    I could do with a nice pair of gloves!!
    I don't know about gloves but I guess it would make great straight razor cases

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    Living in a major town/city, it's been challenging trying to find leathers for strops. I ran across this site and surprisingly will even cut to order. I'm wondering if Horween leather would be ok to use for strops....

    Brettuns Village Leather - Leather by the Piece

    Once again, thanks for all your input, gentlemen
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    Quote Originally Posted by Steeleback View Post
    Living in a major town/city, it's been challenging trying to find leathers for strops. I ran across this site and surprisingly will even cut to order. I'm wondering if Horween leather would be ok to use for strops....

    Brettuns Village Leather - Leather by the Piece

    Once again, thanks for all your input, gentlemen
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    I don't know about Horween but I am sure you can run a quick search for that and come up with something. As far as that company I have talked with them via email and they recommend their "tooling bellies" for making strops. They are around 4" by about 6 feet so there must be something good enough to make a strop and I would make a razor sleeve with some of the left over or maybe paste an imperfect piece or give to a newbie to learn on or use some to cover your lathering bowl or brush handle. There are a lot of things you could use it for.
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