Thread: 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.










I soaked the hoses in BIZ for three days,,,,,then scrubbed with Colgate toothpaste,,,, let dry outside for three more days.





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.





,,,,,,,,,, to be continued next post,,,,,