Originally Posted by
Neil Miller
Strangely enough, I got hold of a few british-made short 4 sided paddle strops some time ago, along with replacement panels for the sides, still in their wrappers, and a box of red and green sharpening pastes. What I took to be balsa at first turned out to be cork, so it was marketed as an idea once. One of the other panels was piece of softwood about 4mm thick with grooves cut along the length, to hold a sharpening paste like the old (c1880 - 1910) french-style sharpening paddles. This brit strop is roughly 1950s in date, though.
Typically, I haven't got round to trying the various bits out yet!
Regards,
Neil