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10-21-2016, 08:11 PM #1Razor Vulture
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Linen fire hose strops
My last Illinois strop was a 827. It was rough and bumpy, the fabric was hard and really zippy.
Did not like it, personally.
So as I found this 361, it is smooth and has nice medium draw. Reminds me of good English bridle. It did, however have that same fabric. I like the hard zippy stuff for workshop/honing use, but wanted something smoother and softer for daily use.
I had a length of old fire-hose linen and proceeded to make me 2 hanging strops and one to fit a lipshaw strop from it.
The stuff was grungy, so I cut it into 3 lengths and proceeded to clean them in a way I had done before with some good success.
In the boiling pot of water went the strop, 3 tablespoons of Oxyclean, and a splash of bleach.
Fizzy!
After 15 minutes or so, the grunge came loose. Coffee, anyone?
Dumped the dirty water, put some more on to boil, rinsed the linen inside and out, back in the pot, repeat again twice with clean water.
I then laid out the strop on paper towels, covered with same, and smashed it with a piece of Corian and a fair deal of weight on top for 3 hours or so.
The strop came out damp and stiff. I squeezed the sides to open it up and allowed to dry overnite.
Next morning it was dry and still stiff, but breaking it over a chair back, pulling back and forth limbered it up to it's previous state. Lots cleaner and smoother.
Before and after!
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10-21-2016, 08:18 PM #2Razor Vulture
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So I wanted a little hand-grip like on my old Kanoyama strop.
Went and got some grommets/tool and took the mess over to my Mexican upholstery buddy
He did a fair job, as-always, and it all turned out quite nice!
Best part is, being broke at the moment, it only cost 10 bucks for the grommet kit and a 6-pack of Michelob Ultra for my friend!
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A great strop and a great bargain at the same time, what else could you want.
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10-21-2016, 09:06 PM #4Senior Member
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Very nice!
There is a guy on eBay selling pieces for stropping, new/unused clean old hose like that. I have 6' myself but have not made it into a strop yet.sharptonn likes this.
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10-21-2016, 11:06 PM #5Str8Faced Gent.
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Those look great Tom. I know that fabric well, and while never trying it as a strop myself I see the value..
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10-21-2016, 11:31 PM #6Razor Vulture
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Yes, that is where I got this!
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10-22-2016, 12:36 AM #7Senior Member
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Don't do that anymore Tom, I got all the firehouse you need,, 1 grandson, 1 son and one so son in law with the fire department, I now have two rolls of firehouse maybe 50' each, Let ,me know if you want anymore. Tc
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10-22-2016, 12:49 AM #8Razor Vulture
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I think the actual fire hose is rubber hose.Tc. The linen is the protective covering over it.
Certainly it is poly or something like that these days? I would think the linen is from days gone by.
Who knows? Ask those firemen of yours.....
Anyhoo, it was cheap enough, I think. Bad thing was, I ordered 3 pieces and I got it all in one long piece.
No combined shipping!
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10-22-2016, 12:57 AM #9Senior Member
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I,ll go look at it tomorrow it's down in my shop. I,m sure it's got a rubber inside de piece but the outside is linen. Tc
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10-22-2016, 01:20 AM #10Razor Vulture
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Might be a good candidate for the lead bar, Tc?
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