Thread: Making Paddle Strops

Everything above is good information. My suggestion is to experiment a little before making paddle strops. You might make a strop, apply paste, and decide that paste is not for your. Then, how to remove it?

You can experiment like this...

Place leather on the edge of a table and strop. Do your experiments that way until you know what abrasives and surfaces you want to use more permanently. Then, apply the above suggestions to create a more permanent strop.

Keep it simple

I will say it would definately be easier to just buy leather strip that is allready the width you want and then some craft wood or something that is the same width.


But it was not much work doing it this way.

This suede is kind of a pain to paste. Would taking my pumice stone and trying to smooth it out as much as possible help?

I mixed some CrO with mineral oil and when I went to draw my x's, it just seems to clump.

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

... I mixed some CrO with mineral oil and when I went to draw my x's, it just seems to clump.

I mix mineral oil with alcohol in a 50:50 mixture, add about 1/2 teaspoonful chromium oxide powder (0.3 micron, Kremer pigments) and put in a 2 ounce spray bottle. That works well.

ahh. thanks. I have only done balsa and linen before. This is a bit different.

Originally Posted by LarryAndro

I mix mineral oil with alcohol in a 50:50 mixture, add about 1/2 teaspoonful chromium oxide powder (0.3 micron, Kremer pigments) and put in a 2 ounce spray bottle. That works well.

neats foot oil works fine for me,
you can also mix with Lexol which is leather conditioner and will work just fine.