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04-24-2009, 05:10 PM #1ma deuce
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I made two paddle strops
I made up two paddle strops. I made one with leather horse hide on both sides.
The other I made using smooth deer hide on one side and pasted horse hide on the other. The paddles are made from hard wood and I cut and formed pieces of wood from an old broom handle for the grip.
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04-24-2009, 06:38 PM #2ma deuce
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I also have a Tony Miller latigo strop and aThiers Issard paddle
strop and wouldn't be without them.
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04-24-2009, 07:02 PM #3Senior Member
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Deer Hide?
How does that work for you?
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04-24-2009, 10:14 PM #4ma deuce
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It seems to work good. I had the deer hide left over from a deer I shot.
It is very soft and pliable and I strop on it after I strop the paste side.
I am still in the experimental phase I will know better in a month or two.
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04-26-2009, 07:44 PM #5Senior Member
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Did you treat the deer hide with anything?
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04-27-2009, 10:16 PM #6ma deuce
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I always had deer hides treated by a commercial leather processing company. I tried to finish a hide once and I wasn't successful.
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