Thread: Well I cut my new strop !

+1, on the fix LouG said IME. After awhile strop nicks or cuts will be few to none. Hang in there, we've all done it and will probably do it again.

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Hang in there, we've all done it and will probably do it again.

Speak for yourself!

I have to agee with the others, if you can, glue the flap down and make sure its smooth and let that be a lesson to ya!

Originally Posted by nun2sharp

Speak for yourself!

I have to agee with the others, if you can, glue the flap down and make sure its smooth and let that be a lesson to ya!

Some of us have cut strops so bad, we had other members make them into paddles for us......

+1 on the glue, if you can glue the flap down, go for it...I was able to do that on an old paddle, and you can't even tell where it's fixed anymore...

The more you strop, the better you get. Never, ever strop distracted....

+1 on the steps to fix a nick.

I recently had an experience documented here in which because of my procrastination tendencies, I wound up stropping on my leather travel strop laid flat on the counter top for about a month. What I noticed when I went back to my hanging strop was a big improvement in my stropping technique. I found that I had to strop more slowly with the strop laid on a hard surface. This time spent on what I guess essentially amounted to a paddle strop really helped me cement the muscle memory, timing, and the flip. In retrospect, I think if I had started stropping this way back in May when I was brand-new to this, I probably wouldn't have dinged that strop up like I have. Maybe we ought to advise newbies to go this route starting out. Thoughts?