Thread: First attempt at restore

Shell cordovan (or cordovan) is a type of leather commonly used in shoemaking. Cordovan is an equine leather made from the fibrous flat muscle (or shell) beneath the hide on the rump of the horse. The leather derives its name from the city of Cordoba, Spain, where it was originally prepared by the Moors.

If I sound like wikipedia well,,,,,,, Shell cordovan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Right but this says Clydesdale shell, so is it shell cordovan from a Clydesdale?

I would say it is advertised as such :<0) Here is a show for you to watch. I found it interesting.

Well I ask because I have a Thistle razor that literally has Damascus steel etched on the blade, but it is not actually true Damascus steel. Marketing was a free for all back in the day. Thanks for the vid.

Dear god I am in love!!! This strop is great! I have only tried english bridle and latigo up to this point and always preferred the lighter draw of bridle. There is just something special about this one. I don't know if it is the history, the draw, or the whole package, but it's gonna get a lot of use I'm thinking. I am thankful I didn't find vintage strops until well after my nicking phase. It would break my heart to cover this strop in nicks.

Here are some pics

Congratulations!!
~Richard

Well done!
Thanks for the updates.
I take it the fact that the components were mechanically fastened rather than sticked made cleaning the two parts easier?

Yeah it was a breeze to take apart and no tools needed. This made the whole cleaning and flattening process easy. I thinking I will begin some more strop hunting, but first I'm gonna fix up a small loom strop I have. I ordered a strip of buffalo leather today for 10 bucks to replace the current leather that is too worn. Seems like there are a million looms strops on Ebay for cheap and the one I have looks pretty easy to fix up. The only downside is that it's tiny, but it will be great for traveling. I hope to buy are larger loom strop soon; at a cheap discount of course.

Well I bought a belt at Walmart to mock up the loom strop before I got my buffalo leather. All said I'm pretty happy with this loom. sewing the leather was harder than expected. I plan to use glue when the buffalo comes in.