Thread: Homemade Strop

Originally Posted by Howard

Fun experiment! Check out your local firehouse as well for some firehose material. I found a length in the road one day but haven't gotten around to playing with it yet. Denim is cotton and I haven't found it to be very good for stropping. I have not stropped on my Carhartt jacket but that might work. That material is tough! Keep experimenting and let us know. Oh, I also bought some Irish Linen online which can be cut into strops. It's fairly easy to come by.

That is such a great idea! I was recently on a project where I threw out like 100' of almost new hose!

Originally Posted by kalerolf

i dont now how they this describes this in Englisch i say google is your friend on this? Sorry

Seem Google ain't no friend of mine. Any chance of a link?

I am curious about the "keepersband " also. Can't seem to find any info on Google.

nice looking strop. I gotta make a trip to my local Tandy. Not so local though About an hour drive at least.