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I'd like to try a CrO strop and bought a latigo replacement piece from SRD for this purpose. When I got it it was just TOO nice and I'm having second thoughts about smearing this beautiful piece of leather with green gook.
How about making the poor man's canvas strop out of a pair of jeans for this purpose? Will that suffice? If not, how about a chunk of balsa? Pakistani ebay special? My wife's favorite linen table cloth? (honestly, Honey, the girl must have spilled that split pea soup) :w
Goog
As you saw on my strop, the denim canvas strop works well. It's in the Wiki under the DIY section, posted by another member (how I got the idea.)Quote:
Originally Posted by greatgoogamooga
I also have a balsa strop I made myself and it works very well. the only thing is if you use it very much, you need to lap it to make sure it stays flat.
Forget the Pakastani ebay special tho ;)
I will likely be down on Saturday for the day, if you need anything, so let me know :)
Oh and just to throw it out there, if you ever need a haircut when I make it down there, just let me know. I like to keep in practice on the weekends when I can :D
Would you paste the canvas strop?
Goog
Oh yeah, I'm due for a haircut now that you mention it. Can you shave lightning bolts into the sides? My students would think that's cool :D
Goog
A poor man's canvas strop on wood....Quote:
Originally Posted by greatgoogamooga
Snag a bit of wood about half an inch thick
more than two inches wide and less than four
about two feet long. Find a like size bit of
canvas or denim at a fabric store and glue
the fabric to the wood with contact cement
(or wrap the wood and staple on the back).
An old pair of blue jeans that are going to
be cut off for shorts yields one leg for
strop fabric and one leg to make a sandbag
for the range or camera tripod.
I appreciate the replies I'm getting. let me clarify a bit more. will a canvas strop work as well as a leather strop for the purpose of making a pasted strop?
Goog
I've pasted the fabric side of an old strop and it works very well, so I dont think you have to use CrOx, or anything else for that matter, on just leather.
My diamond spray is on a denim flatbed hone as well, and that works great!
So to answer your question, material is fine for a pasted strop. :) Just dont apply to much paste. A little goes a long way with this stuff!
I would recommend that you don't initially glue cloth to whatever surface you choose. If you don't glue correctly, if you use the wrong type glue, if it tightens or loosens the cloth inconsistently you will have an unusable strop. And, then you've gone thru extra work not even knowing whether CrOx and cloth will be your finally used product.
Find a board 12 inches long, or whatever length you choose. Stretch the cloth over the board and hold at the ends with several thick rubber bands. Now, strop!
If it works, then make something more elegant using glue, etc, etc.
But Larry, I just ordered one of your poor man's leather strops! you're supposed to tell me what a great pasted strop it will make :)
I reckon I could use a travel strop.
Goog
I was referring to pasting cloth to something solid. I did that once, and the glue didn't dry uniformly, and the cloth stretched. My fault. But, just warning about that possibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by greatgoogamooga
The Poor Man Strop Kit with upgrade has the hanging leather strop. Different beast.
(I think the :) indicates humor. Just making sure it's clear for others.)
Lest there be any doubt, the :) indicates humor. Larry is an honest man to do business with and makes a wicked sharp blade. I trust him with my razors and the stubble they dispatch. He's also given good free advice to me.
I'm in business. LarryAndro sent me his poor man's strop kit and it had everything I needed. It included a small leather strop, canvas strop and a balsa strop, treated with FeO2 and CrO2, and extra compound. Bargain.
http://www.whippeddog.com/$11-Poor-Man-Strop-Kit/
I used it last night on a Torry that was pulling and it brought it up to a nice smooth edge. Just what I was looking for. I think I'm going to take the leather, balsa and canvas and glue it to a 4 sided paddle.
Goog
Don't know if anyone else uses the FeO2 mentioned by GreatGoogaMooga...
The Ferrous Oxide in the Poor Man Strop Kit is 0.1 (actually 0.09) micron in size, and it comes from Kremer Pigments. It is only slightly more abrasive than untreated leather in my opinion. From what I read, I think it is in essence jewelers rouge. Skipping details, it makes a very nice "bit of a touch up" for blades.
I hone a lot of blades, and I really like how it smooths a blade after honing and diamond on felt also. Smooth and polished...
FeO2... GreatGoogaMooga must have a chemical background with the 2 on the FeO2...
Quick! What is the valence of Phosphorus? Of Nitrogen?
I started out as an engineering major in college and quickly learned to hate all math and science. I now teach music, where I only have to count up to 4. Six, on a good day.
Your strop was the first mention I've seen of FeO2. I gave it 5 swipes on each and that's all I needed. I looked 'em over on the scope and I could see the improvement in polish.
Goog
The best results I've gotten are with balsa. I bought a simple 36-inch length of 2X3 balsa on eBay and cut it in three 12-inch lengths with a miter saw. I treated one with .25-micron diamond spray from Hand American and the other with .3-.5 micron CrO from the same source. All other things being equal -- in other words, honing -- with the help of those blocks I now get edges that I pass through my arm hair about a half-centimeter above the skin, and the hair falls down like mown hay.
In my experience, having the diamond lapping surface rigid is one key; the second is having the material slightly springy. My first lapping block was oak, and I didn't have such a good experience with that. Balsa is forgiving. I suspect denim would do pretty well if attached to a hard, perfectly flat surface.