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Thread: Concern with my paddle strop.
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12-02-2009, 05:15 AM #14
Yes contact the shipper/ vendor.
It is possible that it was not glued as well
as it might. If I was making one I would
support it from below cover both sides with
foil or plastic wrap and stack some books
and bricks on it after gluing.
This should work on a paddle strop built
on a solid chunk of wood but not one built
in the style of a loom strop with an air gap
in the middle. I would be tempted to dry
this if you have the strop I am looking
at on the web.
Leather is interesting stuff. I had a wide strop
that developed a bow partly because it
was not supported by a canvas back strop and
partly because I applied way too much strop
dressing one time.
I took it to the kitchen and saddle soaped the
heck out of both sides two days in a row. Then
I hung it out to dry for a couple days, applied a thin bit of
mink oil then a thin bit of strop dressing from
my 40 year old first buy jar and it was good as new.
It was a bit stiff at first but it came back nicely.