My home-made strop!

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I've just made my strop, using some leather I had left over from some other projects.

Dimensions: Width - about 2 & 3/4 inches (7cm)
Length (stroppable length) - just under 16 inches (39.5cm)
Thickness - about 4mm (not sure about inches)

It's all leather except for the cotton tie at the end. Although it isn't flat, it seems to flatten out fine when I pull it taut for stropping.

Feels alright stropping with a butter knife - I'll get to try it with my razor when it comes back from sharpening on Thursday.

Close up you'd see there are marks on the leather and the edges look a bit uneven (I cut it with a knife), but this doesn't seem to affect the stropping (with a butter knife anyway). Anyway - I'm happy with it .

*Couple of pictures a bit blurred - the stitching on the handle is actually single line in box with one diagonal (... the pic makes it look like a messy double line).

BTW I'm new to STR8s so this is also my first strop - I'll be attempting my 2nd shave on Friday.