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A Strop Project
Hey Guys,
A little over a week ago, Richard(Geezer) sent me some extra material he had laying around. They were two strips of leather, one finished & one raw, some strips of old fire hoses and two strips of cotton webbing. He said do something with them or toss them out. So I decides to play strop maker for the first time.
The fore hoses & webbing needed cleaning. Two of the fire hoses were single layer cotton(maybe linen) and the bright white one is a hard nylon webbing with a rubber second layer inside. All the fire hoses are 2 1/2 inch.
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I soaked the hoses in BIZ for three days,,,,,then scrubbed with Colgate toothpaste,,,, let dry outside for three more days.
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The BIZ pulled 90% of the stains out of the hoses.
I ordered vintage brass hooks , O-Rings and D-Loops on Ebay last week. I screwed up and forgot to Ebay the screws & had to use shiny brass screws from Tandy. I will order vintage brass screws next month & replace the shiny ones. We went to Tandy today & got supplies,,,, vintage tan stain, sealed, a big piece of raw leather, screws, punch, scissors and a crash course on leather work.
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I worked on these today,,,,, it was fun,,, made a lot of mistakes as you will see,,,,,,Please comment on how I can make changes next time.
Thank you for looking,
Hirlau
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Thank You Richard ,,,,,,,:tu
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Some of my mistakes are;
The D-Rings were smaller than I thought, though I can get my fingers in them to extend the strop.
My staining of the raw leather strop & the leather clasps that hold the hardware on the strops is poor,,,, I forgot to wear gloves,,, I have vintage brown fingers now,,,:(
The shiny brass screws don't match.
I can't cut a straight line,,, wasted a lot of leather.
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Every one of those look Good and usable Hirlau, Nice work.
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Great effort for your 1st attempt.
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Awesome job! Thank you for sharing with us!
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I say awesome as well! Very nice of Richard (Geezer) and I'm sure he'll be pleased to see how well you put the material to use.
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They look real good, congrats man.
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I am looking forward to your new webstore, now that you have a product line. Mistakes are part of the learning process.