Thread: Stropping Adventures.

So today I was driving by and saw a Tandy's Leather Shop. I figured why not stop in and see if they got any scraps to maybe make a strop. Well they did but they also had some nice 3"x50" strips of european cow hide for like 20 bucks. So I went for that and made a strop or two. The leather was really stiff so I tossed it in the dryer with no heat and let it get beat up for about a half hour. After that I rubbed some Fiebings Aussie Leather Conditioner to really get it nice and soft. After that I put some Neatsfoot on it and man is it nice. Super smooth and just the kind of draw I like. This is the first strop I have made and I am impressed with it even though there was really no skill involved being it was already pretty much ready to go just need to be softened up a bit. Here's some pics. The black strop is my old strop for comparison. I think it is like 16x2 inches.