Thread: Latigo Strop repair

Originally Posted by Tony Miller

... I was busy updating the list of guys I won't sell my strops too anymore becasue they mess them up <g>

Tony

Actually, Tony, I believe that list should be preferred buyers.......






......'cause they keep coming back for replacements!

Bus Econ 101

(....hell, King Gillette made like a bazillion dollars because everybody kept throwing his stuff away!...)

-whatever

-Lou

Just got back to this forum to "mine" the posts. All are appreciated!

I think I will trim it off and condition that little dot to take care of (most of) the visually-induced pain... I'll take a picture first to post -- will keep me very humble for a while, I suspect

So, more later.

--Paul

I had the same problem with one of my strops and just fixed it this morning. I carefully lifted the flap and applied contact cement (rubber cement) to both the strop and the flap. Contact cement will remain elastic and still keep the leather flap firmly bonded to the leather. Now, let them air dry about 15 minutes and then use a drinking glass to smooth out the area. Working the glass back and forth across the leather. This takes all of the residual contact cement off the surface of your strop and firmly bonds the flap back down to the leather of the strop. After a couple of hours, I then sanded it lightly with some 400 grit sandpaper. The last step was to apply a thin coat of strop dressing and work it in with the palm of your hand. When I was finished my strop looked good as new and I honestly can't tell where the nick used to be anymore.

How big of a cut can you use rubber cement on?

Do you sand the whole strop with the 400 grit?

Wow! Old thread..! Good to see some of the older info coming back up...!

Contact cement works on most slices up to a reasonable size. If you've basically cut the strop in half its probably a write off, but gluing down flaps of leather is fine!

I usually sand with around 800 - 1000 grit sandpaper, and I only sand the area where the nick was. I leave the rest of the strop alone.