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This ( CLICK HERE ---> Flickr: ben325e's Photostream ) is a gallery of my paddle strop system. I used some 3" wide leather that I cut from a cheap tool belt I bought at Harbour freight to test with, and now I have several different "inserts".
I have the following inserts:
3 x Harbour Freight toolbelt leather (actually pretty hard stuff, and works great.)
1 x Glass glued to wood insert - used for lapping films and the like.
1 x Hand American horse butt leather
If I ever need a new strop, I just make a new insert.
I've always had a problem with the four sided strops (and the two sided strops, for that matter), because whenever you are using one side, the other is picking up little pieces of dirt and other junk.
You'll see in some of my pictures that the chromium oxide is very sparingly applied. I use this particular strop on my kitchen knives, and it works great. It's actually less effective when I have the whole strop green from the chromium oxide.
Ben