Thread: Felt strops

new to all this, just wonderd when poeple talk about felt strops is this the type of felt you get in a craft shop(if you where to make one is this pretty simple ?)?or is it baize that you get on pool tables? Any help will be great thanks.

The material is a "compressed felt" and is a much better material than the ones that you mentioned.

Here's an example. I have two of these. If you end up wanting to to use diamond spray or something similar, these are great.

Felt Stropping Board

The strop material is called hard felt. It is much more dense and stiff than a standard felt material.
Ebay might have suitable material available in a size that would fir your needs.

SRD has them that attach magnetically to their modular paddle strop. I have one for CROX, one for Diamond spray and one that is plain (so far).

I can get some on eBay it is 18x25 inch 1/4 inch thick hard wool felt for shoe padding do you think this will be good enough , could I make a a hanging strop maybe stick it on the back of a leather strop? Please let me know what you think thanks.

The felt that is used normally, is a compressed felt as said, you can buy it from saddle makers.

But craft felt works just as well, when glued to a flat substrate, wood (MDF) or craft foam core for sprays.

If you just want to experiment craft felt glued to foam core board is the way to go. All you are looking for is something flat that will hold the abrasive.

Paper and fabric also work just as well for sprays. SRD sells replacement felt strops for 9 bucks.

Originally Posted by Euclid440

The felt that is used normally, is a compressed felt as said, you can buy it from saddle makers.

But craft felt works just as well, when glued to a flat substrate, wood (MDF) or craft foam core for sprays.

If you just want to experiment craft felt glued to foam core board is the way to go. All you are looking for is something flat that will hold the abrasive.

Paper and fabric also work just as well for sprays. SRD sells replacement felt strops for 9 bucks.

Thanks for all your helps, thankyou

I bought some high density rock hard felt from Duro-Felt Products . it was what they recomended for a strop. very nice people to deal with.

hobby lobby has preglued felt strips for .99 cents a piece.this on a balsa block works satisfactorily.if you go to a cobblers supply site you can buy compressed wool in bulk with the adhesive pre applied and is good also .ymmv.cam.