Help making custom strop.
Greetings gentlemen,
I am looking to make a strop and require some assistance. I was about to order some gear from SRD and turns out shipping costs would be as much as the strop itself. I checked for strops on european sites and the ones that meet my needs cost a lot. I have a friend who is crafty with leather and she agreed to help me make a custom strop.
My requirements are:
1. good leather that gets the job done
2. 3" width
3. canvas side
4. some form of decoration to make it my own
1) I am looking to make a strop from cow hide but i want to know how it needs to be proccessed in order to serve its purpose of stropping a straight razor. I'm not familiar with the terminology but i hope you get what i am asking for here. Basically what kind of cow hide do i need to buy and how thick should it be?
3) Any ideas what to use for the canvas side? It should serve the purpose of carrying chromium oxide for a light refresh.
4) Was thinking pressed initials, burning is an option and so is gold. All sorts of recommendations are welcome.
Looking forward to your suggestions.
I promise to upload pictures when the project is finished.