Thread: Damaged strop help/info required

Hi everyone!

I got this lovely soft Dovo strop as part of an auction, unfortunately it has lots of small nicks and cuts in it, would this be detrimental to any razors edge if i was to use this strop in it current condition??

Also, what could you guys recommend to repair or fix up this strop??

Any help or info is greatly received.

Ian

I have had those. Sand them smooth.

Originally Posted by bouschie

I have had those. Sand them smooth.

Ok, here is the newbie question...... which is the best method, sand paper? which grit??

Many thanks

Ian

I use sandpaper myself. I haven't nicked in a while but I think I went 200, 400, 600.

Some are pretty deep...... i hope its salvageable as its a lovely soft quality strop!

Ill give it a go over the next week, will report back.

Cheers

Ian

What I might be more concerned about is what I see in the first picture in the middle of the strop,
not sure what to make of that

The deep ones and flaps should be glued first. Any glue that will remain flexible in theory should work. I used contact cement but there are a few others out there that I cannot remember off the top of my head.

Use a flexible glue to glue the "flaps" down. The rest I wouldn't worry about.

Most leather glues available at craft stores will work well. Very similar to contact cement.

When I did similar repairs I sanded clear up to 1000 grit. It worked well for me.

Originally Posted by TristanLudlow

What I might be more concerned about is what I see in the first picture in the middle of the strop,
not sure what to make of that

It looks like something has been laid on it and marked it..... it looks bad but really it's nothing!

Ian