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    Default First home made strop.

    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.

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    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

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    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.

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

    ian

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    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.

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

    ian

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