Thread: Made my own Leather Bench Strop/Hone

Some people refer to these as a leather bench hone I still call them a strop...
But what ever you call it I just finished this one up today... I used a 1x3x24 piece of poplar from Home Depot for the base they had 3 of these and they were on clearance today for .50 cents each two were straight so I bought them... The nominal size was 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 24...

I used Dap contact cement to glue the leather I bought from a boot cobbler to the wood, the leather was 3x24 so it was slightly oversize.... I clamped down the leather to the wood by using the second piece of wood and 3 C-clamps 8 hours later I ran the finished Strop on the table saw and trimmed the leather to perfect size then used a sanding block to bevel in the edges... 4 silicon bumper pads in the corners keep it from moving on a hard surface.... I am going to let it dry until I get home from work tomorrow night then put some of the new powdered Cerium Oxide on it....

sweet glen, I am going to have to make one of those.. pretty good size!

Sweet!

I like the length of the strop/hone/?- very nice.

Charlie

That is cool. I am not handy with tools, nor do I have any as I live in a condo. Anyone want to make me one?

Wonder if some sort of a cloth would work better than leather for crox? ie, the felt that SRD advocates or a cotton weave.

That thing is huge (I know, "That's what she said")!!

Seriously, great work Glen!

It looks like it's designed for some long laps. Would you explain why you wanted it so long?

long strokes always gets it their faster.

I am going to let it dry until I get home from work tomorrow night then put some of the new powdered Cerium Oxide on it....

Very cool strop, Glen! Here's where it gets
interesting...

- Scott

Bjorn:
Basicaly just like Ronnie said part is you get there faster ie: less laps
But this is also a total finish strop, I designed it specifiacly for using it with the CeOx so I can do just a few very long, very smooth, very light, laps.....

Leighton:
Lynn is using the Yellowstone on his web strop, I know that works just fine, but that is like using a large crayon... I bought some of the pure powder form of the CeOx so I am going to mix it with Neatsfoot oil and try it on the leather.....

I've been using a redneck "bench strop" like that for the past year. I had scraps of wood I cut off a shipping pallet and took one that was 4" by 24" and just laid a 2" by 18" strop on top of it. I never got around to cutting the board, or even cleaning the board. I never got around to gluing the leather to the board, since I still plan on eventually cutting and cleaning the board. Still, as is, it works just great!

Originally Posted by gssixgun

I bought some of the pure powder form of the CeOx so I am going to mix it with Neatsfoot oil and try it on the leather.....

Glen,

I bought some of the CeOx as well and have no idea how to apply it to something. I have a TM practice strop that I was going to put it on. A couple of questions: Should I put it on the smooth side, or the back side of the strop? How EXACTLY do you mix it with Neatsfoot oil and apply?

Thanks,
Tod