Thread: kangaroo

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

I like how your bedsheets look like graph paper!

It looks like a fun and enjoyable endeavor, and I hope you will make more limited editions in the future!

Haha!! Yes, that doona cover took some blood sweat and tears to obtain, I can tell you. Not that it was hard to find, but convincing the wife!!

But now I can plot functions or make scale drawings at night when I can't sleep. Plus it is useful for mapping sleep locational movements of the wife so I can show by exactly how much she encroaches on my side of the bed during the night.

James.

Originally Posted by Jimbo

James.

IN the pic's here I really like the top & far right one, O wait That's Mine... LOL Great work on them Jimbo

Those look amazing James! I'm very impressed. Can't wait to try one!

Well, the good news is that after 2 weeks there is no curl. I think these will do just fine. Great draw on them - it is present but not overpowering. I am also getting some very good edges off the strop, and in the end that is all that matters I think.

James.

Good news Jinbo. Thanx for the update. Might need to go find a skippy

Look good man! I bet it was a ton of work!

Good work Jimbo. Sounds like a good project for the winter. Is Roo leather available to the masses? If so where? Maybe we could talk our Strop makers into making a few of these to see if they are saleable. I have a strop that needs replacement leather [way too many nicks to repair].

bj

I was looking into this to see what the possibilities might be. The average Roo hide that I could find is under 3oz. which is pretty thin and although the one I have was fitted to my strop, for the masses, it would seem like these might need to be put on some sort of backing. I have seen this done with some of the vintage strops and will explore it a little further. This is pretty good stuff for sure. Looks like Falconry is a big use for the Roo hides. They make the masks from it.

Lynn

Bonding leather for strops does not alwaays work too well as the two surfaces flexing against each other (even though they are glued) tend to want to break down. I've done a few suede/suede ones on order but do not like the idea as one cannot tell how long they will hold up in use without delaminating.

I would think that unless the hide exhibits some special characteristic not found in thicker choices it is not worth the extra effort to make it into something it is not.

Tony

I have an old C-Mon Deluxe Genuine Shell where the shell is very thin (1/16 inch) and it has been bonded to almost a hard foam type substance. The strop is extremely durable and I have honed hundreds of razors on it without problem. It is a very well made tool.

Lynn