Thread: Illinois 6506 - Help fixing a nick and cupping

If you have enough usable strop area left, cut it down and re-attach the handles.

Rick,

That looks like much more than a nick--more like a serious gash in your strop.

Of course, you can repair it, but I wonder if the repair would hold or if the repair might wind up doing serious damage to your razor when you are stropping at some point.

I would cut it down and reattach the handles.

Just my 2 cents...

Hi,
I would try contact cement (the difficulty will be that the glue sets on contact, you will not be able to adjust the pieces once they've come in contact).

Still using contact cement I would glue a piece of Tyvek paper on the underside to relieve pressure on the joint.

Some Fedex envelope are made of Tyvek, it's as thin as paper and if you try to tear it up, you will see why that's what I would use. Thin leather, seat belt like webbing or any such material could also maybe do the trick but would be much thicker than Tyvek.

This is assuming you don't use the underside.

Good luck,

McKie

Well, I got it fixed... I guess. I haven't yet tried it out. Have you seen the informercial for Mighty Mend it where they fix articles of clothing with this glue like substance? I got to thinking about suggestions of rubber cement and thought of its elasticity. I know the Mighty mend it exhibits these properties.

The stropping part came out quite smooth. I sanded it lightly to be sure and make it as smooth as possible. I applied a dab of neetsfoot oil and will wait for it to dry before trying it out.