Homemade Strop

**rgc58** · 02-26-2011, 04:06 AM

Hello men, I was wondering about strop matierial for the linen part of a strop. I did not know it but just today after taking my son to his driving test I saw that we have a Tandy store here in Kennewick. I went in and found some nice leather in thier scrap ben and am going to make a better strop than the one I have in the morning. I want to make a linen strop also and have carharts and blue jeans to give thier lives for my project and was hoping for advice on which would work best. I have looked and seen in the posts about blue jeans and have not seen much on the carhart idea and just thought I would ask before hacking them up. Thanks for any comments
Glenn

**mrsell63** · 02-26-2011, 05:00 AM

You might also consider using an automobile seatbelt which means a trip to the junkyard............

**zib** · 02-26-2011, 02:59 PM

If you have a fabric store by you, like "Joann's, you may find something heavy you can use as a fabric component. The seatbelt is a good idea....

Tandy is great, isn't it...I've been there myself. I got nice piece of leather 3"w x 50" L I made a couple of paddles....Good stuff...

**rgc58** · 02-26-2011, 07:32 PM

Here is my try at the leather part of it.

**rgc58** · 02-26-2011, 10:50 PM

Just finished the denim, now I all thats left is to use em and try not to hack them up

**deighaingeal** · 02-27-2011, 12:19 AM

Looks good my friend. Now to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

**mrsell63** · 02-27-2011, 08:07 AM

Absolutely great effort on your strops and the neat part is that you will be more appreciative of these strops than you would of a store-bought strop. Pat yourself on the back and strop carefully.

**wmac** · 02-27-2011, 05:24 PM

Those look great. I did the same thing basicly with my homemade strops. A nice cowhide that I have finally broken in and a denim that I was lucky enough to have my MIL who is a seamstress put together for me since I don't know my way around a sewing machine. They work great and I hope yours do the job for you.

**Catrentshaving** · 02-27-2011, 05:31 PM

Those look really good and should give you many years of service. Nice work.

**rjezuit** · 02-27-2011, 09:08 PM

There's nothing like using something you made with your own hands, and seeing it work well

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