Thread: Homemade Strop

Hello men, I was wondering about strop matierial for the linen part of a strop. I did not know it but just today after taking my son to his driving test I saw that we have a Tandy store here in Kennewick. I went in and found some nice leather in thier scrap ben and am going to make a better strop than the one I have in the morning. I want to make a linen strop also and have carharts and blue jeans to give thier lives for my project and was hoping for advice on which would work best. I have looked and seen in the posts about blue jeans and have not seen much on the carhart idea and just thought I would ask before hacking them up. Thanks for any comments
Glenn

You might also consider using an automobile seatbelt which means a trip to the junkyard............

If you have a fabric store by you, like "Joann's, you may find something heavy you can use as a fabric component. The seatbelt is a good idea....

Tandy is great, isn't it...I've been there myself. I got nice piece of leather 3"w x 50" L I made a couple of paddles....Good stuff...

Here is my try at the leather part of it.

Just finished the denim, now I all thats left is to use em and try not to hack them up

Looks good my friend. Now to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Where did you find those large D rings? Are they 2 1/2 or 3 inches? Nice job. I will also look for some used fire hose!

Used fire hose has the problem of embedded grit making it just as likely to damage your edge. You can buy tubular webbing from places like saddlery supplies that work well

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.

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!