Thread: leather and linen,

Just finished these two strops. Have been using a small homemade paddle since day one, and finally got around to make these.







The leather is some scrap from a leather store, veg tanned ox leather is all I know about it. Not a heavy draw, and not super light either, after a little mink oil and lots of hand rubbing. I'm curious about how it will break in with time.

The 'D-rings' are made from 6mm brass. Heated with a gas burner, and bent free hand. Had very little time with the loaned burner, so they are not perfectly equal, nor perfect rectangles. The ends meet snugly under the leather, and are not soldered together.

The linen fabric was four times wider than the strop, with the edges folded in against each other, and then folded once more, and stitched along the edge. This was suggested by edhewitt in the thread http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...hat-linen.html. The linen strip is then firmly sewn to the leather at the ends, with a little glue in between.

Thanks for looking!

Love your new strops . I have strop that i make from the same linen and i love it . you can shave beautyfully off this linen without using leather at all . Very good working strops .
Congrats .

Originally Posted by RusenBG

Love your new strops . I have strop that i make from the same linen and i love it . you can shave beautyfully off this linen without using leather at all . Very good working strops .
Congrats .

thanks! do you have pictures of your linen strop?

Those are very nicely done.

Sedel you have done an excellent job with the strops. I think they will work perfectly for you.

they look really nice, well done

well done

How do you like the stropping action of the ox leather?

Originally Posted by rolodave

well done

How do you like the stropping action of the ox leather?

Thanks! Feels pretty good to me, and it's getting better and better. The surface of the leather is very flat, almost hard, and it becomes more supple with each rub and strop.

Thanks for the pictures.