My problem has always been keeping a strop small enough to travel with easily. Up until now I have used a paddle strop, and that worked, but it was still too big to fit into my Dopp kit with the rest of my shaving gear.
This, I think, is the answer.
It would never work with any other type of leather. But the thinness and tensile strength of kangaroo leather means that I can make a usable sized strop (This one is 2 1/8" X 17 1/4") but have it still thin enough to roll up and put into a travel tube.
The leather has almost no stretch, and has 3/16" brass rod in the top and bottom, so it stays nice and flat during use. I just drilled a dice to make the handle because I couldn't find a bead that looked any good around the house. That will do for the prototype. The thong is also kangaroo, to keep it thin yet strong enough. It is a good, simple way of securing a travel strop, because you can just tie it to whatever is handy in the hotel room, camp ground, railway freight carriage, etc. :p
I just tried it on a 7/8 full wedge and it worked fine!
What do you think?
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