Thread: I am making myself a strop

Today, I ordered a Straight Razor Designs 3" Red Latigo Leather Strop Replacement and I will make a strop from it.

I realized that I wanted a personalized one and as I already experimented with leather, knots tying, and wood carving, I could make myself a super special leather strop.

So I will make a wood handle, carved a little bit if possible, and could add a decorative knot somewhere. As I just ordered the leather strop, I will work on a design while waiting for it.

Any suggestions are welcome.

On a side note slowly making my hand at stropping on a leather strop, I even began to use the cheap strop with a wood carving knife. And I must say that I will benefit from this. I found a better and faster way to strop my wood carving knives on a leather strop. I use the same technique than for straight razors and it works very well.

Until then, keep on stropping,

Gilles

sounds good, post some pics once done!

Can't wait to see the pic's, Good Luck!!

No pictures yet, but yesterday I received the leather strop. Wow, its a lot better than the cheap strop I bought for a practice.

Very good product.

I love the Latigo leather feeling for now. I don't know why but I never did any nick on any other strops I tried, and right at the beginning I did a couple of small ones while tring it. No big ones and at a place where it won't matter, but it will affect the look a tiny bit...

Maybe I was trying too much to NOT hit the strop with the cutting side of the blade and that it made it happen...

Ok, I draw a template on paper and will cut the wood handle today that I will use to carve a design. I am still not sure about what design I will use??? Celtic or else...

Gilles