Thread: Canvas Weight for a Custom Strop

Kees, as usual has the best answer <g>.

Much of this material name thing depends on whether you are talking today or 70 years ago.

Today much of the canvas seen is cotton or heavy in cotton fibers. In the old days and even today "canvas" typically means a heavy weight cloth for sails, tarps or webbing. it could have been made from cotton, linen, or hemp. Some strops were even made from silk.

Canvas (cotton, linen, hemp, etc...) cloth can be found but once cut into strips you have to deal with the cut edges. The best material for ease of use will be webbing which is harder to find.

I can supply a coarse cotton "canvas" webbing, a smooth, hard finish cotton "canvas" or genuine linen in a smooth thin weave. I'm working with a mill now to supply hemp such as Dovo uses.

You will commponly see the cloth side of a strop called "canvas" or "linen" with no regard to it's actual fiber content....today it is simply a generic name that is more often than not, inaccurate.

While not exactly the same as old day materials I specifiy mine as cotton or linen based on actual fiber content, Keith's wool felt, again tells you what is really used.

Once my remodeling is done I'd be glad to supply "cloth" webbing if you need it.

Tony

Originally Posted by Seraphim

Wow, I hope that was in regards to a deleted post or something, not in regards to the post preceeding yours.

The post was deleted.

Mod,

The post was deleted, but the admonishment still is there and seems to refer to our good Well Shaved Gentleman's post above.

I clearly stated that the post was not in reference to Tony so I don't see why there'd be any confusion. Nonetheless, since the spam post was deleted, I deleted my corresponding post as well.

The easiest thing to do with any spam on any post is to simply click the triangle with the exclamation point in it. All mods are emailed and it becomes a race to see which moderator can delete it the fastest. If you reply to the spam - instead of reporting it - there is a chance that it will go unnoticed and un"modded" away.

Thank you for pointing out the spam and indeed the problem post is now gone. (Good job Doc!)

I deleted my post in reference to the post (now deleted) referencing the other deleted post, just to clear up any confusion that may have caused.

Originally Posted by Seraphim

I deleted my post in reference to the post (now deleted) referencing the other deleted post, just to clear up any confusion that may have caused.

LOL! You guys are killing me!

Back to SpamHunting.... (BTW, it's fun... like the game "Whack A Mole")

Looks like I missed the excitment here. Could somone PM me with what seemd to be an issue possibly concerning me?

Thanks,
Tony

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