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Thread: 3" firehose linen
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01-12-2017, 05:07 PM #1
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Thanked: 23" firehose linen
I was just wondering if anyone had any leads on some 3" wide linen fire hose to make a strop with.
Thank you!
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01-12-2017, 05:22 PM #2
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Thanked: 25912.5" , but that is all you really need anyway
Genuine Flax Linen Fire Hose For Straight Razor Strop In 2-Ft (24in.) Sections! | eBayStefan
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01-12-2017, 08:13 PM #3
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Thanked: 3215Yea, it's not an everyday strop. and 2.5 is plenty.
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01-12-2017, 11:02 PM #4
i have ordered from him and am very pleased with it. can't go wrong for the price.
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01-13-2017, 01:17 AM #5
sorry but mine is all promised to a greedy Texan who wants all of it ( I,m kidding about him being greedy) but you should have asked a couple weeks ago I still had 50', but it was 2 1/2" Tc
“ I,m getting the impression that everyone thinks I have TIME to fix their bikes”
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01-13-2017, 01:33 AM #6
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01-13-2017, 01:38 AM #7
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01-13-2017, 03:21 AM #8
Back to the OP's question. We know that 1.5 ID linen fire hose flattens to 2.5 inches wide.
As to a 3-inch strop..
Some 2-inch ID fire hose out there? Somebody do the math!
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01-13-2017, 03:37 AM #9
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01-13-2017, 03:56 AM #10
In reading of the current Kanoyama fabric. I would say it quite soft in comparison.
Effective, yet gentle medium. My old Kanoyama strops also have softer fabric.
Someone in another thread explained that they bought out fabric strops to mate with their leather, WHICH was brought in from the USA and worked into strops.
Nobody has convinced me that old 'Certified' USA strops did not run through his hands back in the day. A seller in Hawaii sold a reft of Certifyd strop stamps with a variety of barber suppliers, hardwares a few years ago. Where did those come from?
Red Imps. Russians. How many are from Japan?
I can promise that the master made strops all day long. Likely to the highest bidders!