Thread: DIY Leather Strops for $20

Thank you for taking the time to post this simple yet effective tutorial. It looks like a fun, easy, and relatively inexpensive project. Great job!

Did you buy a leather punch to make the holes for the screws?

bj

Or, if you want to go for the "Artisan" homemade strop:


http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/p...number=4773-00

2" is a little narrow. I'm thinking you might be better off buying a side and sharing with your friends on the latigo.

^True, I didn't see the latigo coming in a 3".

I was going to look at some scraps from sides, but when I saw you could actually buy a 3" strip, it wasn't worth the hassle to me to get something and cut it that width. Leather can be very difficult to cut straight, especially for such a long cut (to me at least) which I think is why they sell so many strip sizes.

^^^I did not buy a punch. Tandyleather let me use the equipment at their store, I put the whole things together there!

OK guys, here you go:

http://www.sdtradingco.com/belt/4752.htm

^nice seraphim!! actually, if you get a 72" like the ones at that link (for 29.99) you can easily make 3 strops instead of two, which is a better deal.

add two more d-rings and a few more screw posts and it should only be an additional $10 or so for the third strop. divided out, all the strops are cheaper, about $17 each for three people.