I got a chance to spend some time in my wood shop this weekend and started a couple of projects. My first set of scales is coming along nicely (I think). I'll have to re-post pics as that thread went missing in the site changeover. However, I thought I'd share a couple of pics of my new paddle strop.
The main part of the paddle is a water oak board that I milled about six months ago from a tree that came down in my yard. The wood has been stable enough to work for a while so it went into this project. It is quarter sawn from the hearwood so is quite stable. The paddle surfaces are 3/16 thick 3x12" balsa wood that will be pasted with 0.5 and 0.25 micron diamond paste.
Cheers,
Ed