Thread: Ant vintage strop experts here?

I came across this strop recently and was wondering if anyone could give me any information on it and also if it is a good, decent, or poor value.

Might be worth the effort to recondition it for use as the leather is horse shell. If you have a new strop made today you will pay a premium to get horse shell leather.

Bob

Originally Posted by BobH

Might be worth the effort to recondition it for use as the leather is horse shell. If you have a new strop made today you will pay a premium to get horse shell leather.

Bob

I guess I could find information somewhere here on the forums on how to recondition?
It does have one bad place about 6" from the bottom. I don't know if that affects anything or not.

I have carefully super glue the cuts closed and sanded smooth. Be sure not to use too much glue and get squeeze out. First coat both surfaces of cut with glue and let dry. Add small amount of glue and close cut. Leave something heavy over area until dry. Finish with sanding smooth with high grit 1000-2000 grit.

Originally Posted by JGKC9AYC

I guess I could find information somewhere here on the forums on how to recondition?
It does have one bad place about 6" from the bottom. I don't know if that affects anything or not.

You could use the forum search box upper right corner and look for "strop repair/Strop cleaning". Cuts and nicks in the leather make it difficult to repair and put back into use. If that is a bad cut right through in the edge of the leather you could always shorten the strop by 6 inches.

Bob

Contact cement and medium ca work good but a little different. Contact cement because of it's flexibility is a good choice but it is a little more visible. With ca less is more if you know whar I mean.

I'd have to see pictures of the overall surface area, but if the cut intrudes too much and gluing doesn't work, you could always cut the strop down and make a paddle strop out of it.