Thread: My stropping experiment

Getting this thing posted is more work than the strops. :-]

I had some questions about how I did this and I was short one D ring from the 2 3/4 inch strop so I decided to finish it and take some pictures.

First I measured



Then I used a 1/2 inch punch to make some partial holes. For the the 3 inch strops the holes were bigger.




Then I folded it and cut the rest of the V's with a scissors



Next put on some contact cement to glue.



Next, marking my lines and the tool I used to punch the holes. It is not relly a punch. It splits the leather for the hole and allows the leather to close back up after stitching. The marks are very important, at least to me!



My block of wood and the basement floor. Not very ergonomic!



Another view on the bench.



The final product with some of the tools next to the one I put graphite on. I decided to mark them in the rectangles although I don't think that I will forget which one has graphite on it.




I hope this helps and answers some of your questions.

Tim