Thread: making my own stop!

For a simple approach, you could install a brass grommet at one end and then tie the strop to a doorknob/hook with a leather lace. Good luck with your project.

This is easy also just a metal tube with thonging through it

thanks for all the kind links, advice and pictures!

Tandy leather had the D rings I was looking for, but at £9.50 each + 7 (s-e-v-e-n!!) delivery I was, ehm, slihtly unconfortable with that! So I found a brass belt bucle bigger than the D ring, and I started to call it handle instead of buckle and looking at it horizontally... BEAUTIFUL!! money invested in it: £1. Even more beautiful... then I bought two brass hinges which I will fit to each end of my strop. I just need some brass rings and swivel hook, and my luxury strop will be done and ready to hang in my bathroom. And then will be followed by more sister strops to sell.

My favourite quotation: the difficulty of doing something arises by assuming there is one.

To be continued...

work in progress...

If you are in an area that has a West Marine, they carry a lot of hardware for sailboats that could be put to use. I am not usually a big fan of blowboats, but they do have some really cool hardware.

Hi everyone!

I managed to get my strope ready to use, even if I stilla want change a couple of things, when I will find things of appropriate size, material and appearance... might take a while, but now I can use it and, I think, it works really well. It measures about 60cm, and 10 wide, 24inches x 4, for metric system lovers... If I should do it again, I will make it one inch narrower and not so heavy as it tends to knock the door quite loudly...
this is a full grain, ved tanned leather about 3mm thick. Any thoughts on taking care of it? will it need oiling at some point?
check it out and tell me what you think...
thanks!
Riccardo

Nice solution! looks pretty sturdy.

Made my own D-rings today out of 6mm brass rod. Will put up the result as soon as I get some pics of the strops.

Can I trust ordering strop making material from Tandy? Will the leather be good enough quality? Has anyone done this?