Thread: Deer leather strop?

What type of results could I get from tanned deer leather. I have some hides in the freezer and i know how to brain tan them and dry them I was wonderign if they would make a nice razor strop. If anyone knows or things it might be worth a try than i might make on and find out if its any better than my currant one. What do you guys think?

I'd reckon it to be similar to 'roo hide, but softer perhaps. You won't know if you don't try it. Give it a go and let us know how you get on.


Mick

I was going to do this last year but got caught up in other things. I doubt if yours would be the first, strops have been made out of every hide imaginable. I bet it would be good!

thanks guys i may just do this once the weather warms up a bit here in pa so i can tan the hid outside and not have it freeze stiff as a board. If i do make a few i will let you guys know how it works out.

If I was going to do it I would leave the hide thick if possible to give it more body. Years ago I had a deerskin coat I bought on the iron range in Minnesota and it was nice but soft. FWIW, I don't know what type of leather it is but the leather on a Mastro Livi loom strop is soft like deer skin and it is very nice to strop on. Not sure how it would be if it was a hanger though.

Tell ya what...you make one and feel free to send it to me for a full evaluation...lol. Kidding aside, give it a go and be sure to let us know how it goes.

I've had strops made from just about every critter out there including deer and elk. They all work. It's not about the critter they came from but more about the quality of the leather itself.

Deeerskin/buckskin is quite soft and stretchy. It might work well for a strop, but its stretchiness might make it easily deformed. Gluing it to a fabric backing may remove some of those defromability issues.