Thread: Racing Strops

I remembered a post sometime back of strops being made from car racing harnesses. So my Commander races BMW's on the weekends and I asked if he had any old harnesses I could buy from him to make into strops for my razors. Long story short I got a bunch some were new in the box. He explained to me that he had a stock of them and when rules changed the new in box ones couldn't be used. I will add pic's to this post ASAP. I cannot see how I could use all of this material, as I only need enough to make 3 strops. So if any of you racing fans would like some of this stuff send me a PM.

That may have been my post here that you remember. I have a friend who works for Roush Racing and they have to replace the shoulder harness after so many hours or maybe miles. The stuff works pretty well as a fabric component.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

That may have been my post here that you remember. I have a friend who works for Roush Racing and they have to replace the shoulder harness after so many hours or maybe miles. The stuff works pretty well as a fabric component.

yep that was the post that gave me the thought to do this.

Oh yeah as soon as I get hold of a tape measure I will post the sizes of the straps.

Ok I have the measurements starting at the top and going down. First all but one of the straps are 3 in wide only one is 2 in wide.

The measurements are the usable length i.e. not including hardware or where logos are sewn in.

1 and 2 are 11 in long
3 is gone
4 is 2 in wide and 33 in long
5 and 6 is 39 but spoken for
7 and 8 are 29 in long
9 is 29 in long
10 is spoken for
11 and the one to the right of it 12 are 11.5 to 14 ish long maybe for a pasted strop???
13 and 14 are 39 in long and spoken for
15 and the one to the right of it 16 are 11.5 to 13 ish long maybe for a pasted strop???
17 is 39 in long spoken for
18 is 11 in long


Well that's it if anyone want some of this stuff PM me by Friday the 30th that's when I will throw out what I don't use or has been spoken for