Thread: Latigo Strop repair

This worked for me on an ebay strop......Inflatable boat glue no joke. This glue will bond it ok and remains flexable. As to it's longevity? F...k knows, it has worked ok for this ebay strop for quite some time now.

PuFF

Post a photo if you can - I think you may just leave it like this and don't bother, just finish your movement under the area, as was already suggested.

Or you might cut off the flap and pumice / sand... then condition, etc.

We'll be able to give better advice if we see it

Good luck
Ivo

Sanding and reconditioning should do the trick, but I would wait to see what Tony would suggest.

Matt

One of the beautiful things about Tony's strops (other than them being amazing strops) is that they can be disassembled....

You might be able to take it apart, and either flip it (I don't recall if the other side is the same finish) or rotate it (top to bottom) so that the nick is on the other side...

OR ask Tony how much a replacement would be...

You could sell it for 'parts' for anyone looking for a smaller section of leather.

There is a way to sand it down, but what you explain sounds a little too serious.

Good luck!

C utz

That sucks,

I did the same thing when I got my strop, I used a little super glue and then sanded the area / nick with a small piece of sandpaper where the cut came together then applied a little strop dressing. Mine was a very small cut, however it isn't even noticeable now.

Hope it works for you.

Sorry for the late reply but I was busy updating the list of guys I won't sell my strops too anymore becasue they mess them up <g>
Just kidding......I nicked a prototype I made just a few weeks ago. I was not even ready to shave, just wanted to try out the feel of a new type of leather and sliced it big time on the third pass.

I usually just trim the little flap and live with it or sand it slightly.

Tony

Good advice Tony

But living with the strop like this is tough. I know from experience: one time I was stropping a small full hollow lightly with very little pressure. The strop had much drag and at one point the drag on the spine caused the blade to flip and slice a flap.

I cut and sanded, re-conditioned, etc. Oh, the ignominy... I don't use this strop any more (despite the fact that it works just as well now as it did before)

Cheers
Ivo

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