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Bill Barber AKA Pixelfixed, loom strop recreation.
Evening gentlemen.
I’ve started this thread to capture the journey of recreating one of the finest examples of a loom strop I’ve ever seen, but not held.
Bill Barber, Pixelfixed, was a member of SRP that has sadly gone ahead but will be missed as well as remembered by many members of the forum still here and still shaving.
https://sharprazorpalace.com/strops/...oom-strop.html
The above is the thread to the strop that was the inspiration for the challenge for this thread.
A beautiful strop made from exotic hardwoods and organic materials fused with modern steel and brass hardware, and quality latigo leather. Precisely built, with effective tensioning as well as lateral rigidity.
Sounds easy, lol.
Being who I am I wanted to make more than one as the expected mistakes along the way may ruin one prototype, but not likely all three of them. :)
I was stuck at the theory point of the project for almost a year as I was busy, and didn’t have anything but the above thread to build from. No measurements and no way to take it apart to reverse engineer.
Thankfully the owner and no longer active member took some measures for me and sent them my way just this winter. Thanks John, Miss you on here buddy.
With those dimensions, and a part purchased after the holidays for my little metal lathe I had everything needed to start into it.
So for your viewing and copying pleasures see below;
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Started with my approximate sizes of 3 3x2x1” blocks of cocobolo, babinga, and ebony respectively. All cut from a single block of each material.
These all get slightly smaller as you plane sand and dial these in. But I maintained grain direction and orientation throughout the builds.
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Acquired and cut horsehide, not latigo into 2 1/2” wide strop strips for the strops.
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8mm stainless steel rods, threaded down to 5/16 thread provides the alignment and strength of the finished strops.
More to come.
Cheers.