Thread: Where/what linen?

Originally Posted by Razorfeld

Take a close look at existing linen and poly strops. How are you planning to duplicate the seamless look? If you do any sewing of a tube and invert it you will still have the edges just enough thicker than the body of the strop and that will not give you the flat surface you need for effective stropping. If you use it without some kind of edge treatment you will have continual raveling of the edges, even with thicker fabrics. Contemplate finding a glue that you can then layer fabrics with without stiffening it too much. That at least would solve the edge problem. Also check the weave structure of the old ones to get an idea of what to look for texture wise.

Richard, would it work if you took a piece of fabric 4x wider than the strop you want, fold the two sides into the centre (so now it's double width with the 2 rough edges touching in the middle of the fabric), then folding it over so that the 2 previous outside edges are one in top of the other, (now it's correct width, with the 2 rough edges under the fold at one side), then simply stitch the double edge together?
Hope that makes sense.