First home made strop.

**blockhead** · 02-14-2010, 03:58 PM

Nothing special. Just wanted to try making something small to test the leather I plan to use for a larger one. Nice draw, covered with denim on the reverse side. About 2x14, not counting the doubled area with the Chicago bolts. Getting it broken it pretty well. Win.

**ianp1966** · 02-14-2010, 05:32 PM

plenty of scrap leather on ebay, spare pair of jeans upstairs,looks like an idea i might use myself

just one question - what thickness of leather is the minimum to buy and is there a maximum ?

cheers

ian

**blockhead** · 02-14-2010, 05:37 PM

This piece is just shy of 1/4" thick. Normal tooling leather, vegetable tanned. I was given this piece from the scrap bin for free. Try to find a leather worker at a flea market or something of the sort.

**ianp1966** · 02-14-2010, 05:42 PM

plenty from these eBay.co.uk Shop â€“ Leather and Stuff UK: Search results for.to choose from then

ian

**blockhead** · 02-14-2010, 05:52 PM

The huge brass horse lead on the end was too cumbersome, so I replaced it with a 1.5" D ring. Good to go. I am just watching TV and working on breaking it in a bit right now. Compared to what I was using, this thing works splendidly.

**ianp1966** · 02-14-2010, 06:00 PM

well thats it then i'll just have to make my own

ian

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