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    Just one more lap... FloorPizza's Avatar
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    Default Pretty good strop nick...

    I thought I'd practiced enough, but shortly after buying my red latigo strop from SRD I put a pretty nasty nick in it. More like a cut, actually. It's located about six inches above the handle, and it's almost an entire blade in length. I'm gonna blame it on a poorly timed sneeze. That's my story...

    Anyway, I've "dressed" it up as much as I can. I've removed the leather pieces, rubbed it a lot, and tried to make it feel smooth.

    So the question is, can I run my blade over this area without concern while stropping? It really interferes with the length of my stropping stroke when I avoid it.

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    depends how flat you made that spot.

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    Not only how flat but you should still have enough strop left above the cut to work well without touching that area.

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    Default deep cut

    Hello you must be bumming

    You may be able to glue down the cut if it is a flap, I used barge cement, then with 400 grit sandpaper, you may have to be aggressive with the sandpaper, I had a very small valley in my practice strop but it did not seem to effect the stropping action. I then use neatsfoot oil to finish off the strop and did a lot of rubs with a smooth glass bottle.

    Good luck

    crom

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    Who ever invents a "nick proof" strop is going to be king of the hill !


    Tony
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    Default Strop nicks

    Jimmy
    I had a DublDuk # 70 strop from the 60's that had 2 nicks along the right edge. I didn't use it since then until recently when someone posted the idea that you can use sandpaper on a damaged strop to make it useable again. Sanding removes the smooth surface and gives the surface a suede texture and is good for an initial strop ( very much like a canvas / linen strop ) . The idea is to salvage a nicked strop if possible, and it usually is possible.

    I am wondering if a sanded strop impregnated with Cr Ox or diamond spray or Ce Ox would work as nicely as we might like to think it should. If anyone has sanded a damaged strop and got some good results from it, speak up, please.
    JERRY
    OOOPS! Pass the styptic please.

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