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I have one of Tony's beautiful Latigo 3" strops and, yes, I put a small cut into it. It amounts to a circular "flap", still attached to the bulk of the leather, about 4mm in diameter, up near the top of the strop.
I'd like to glue it down. I have some (deer) hide glue I could use (and seems the most reasonable.) I'm also wondering if Elmer's glue, super glue, or any other glue would be better. I'd rather not just hack it off.
Thanks!
--Paul
I dont know for certain, but my gut say stay away from anything that would make that area hard/stiff.
How deep is it?
Paul, when you say hide glue, are you referring to the animal glue that comes in flakes and you have to boil it to make glue? I think that stuff is used for furniture and instruments because it allows you to take it apart for repairs.
If the flap's in the middle of the strop, then I'd just avoid that area.
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
Actually, Tony, I believe that list should be preferred buyers.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Tony Miller
......'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.