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    50 year str. shaver mrsell63's Avatar
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    Go to a junkyard and get a seatbelt. They work great and most are a fairly fine weave.
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    If making a linen strop substitute test the material first. Some plastics can abrade steel much more than canvas or linen.
    “The white gleam of swords, not the black ink of books, clears doubts and uncertainties and bleak outlooks.”

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    Before I purchased a vintage strop that has both heavy linen and leather, I fashioned a denim strop out of an old pair of blue jeans. I wanted to use the inside material to strop on so I folded the material in half with the blue on the outside, then used a sewing machine to go up the cut side, then turned it inside out. I used some D-rings from a Ranch and Home type store and folded the ends over them, then sewed it shut! Nothing really fancy or pretty!

    Worked OK! I found that it did help achieve a higher level of sharpness. With that said, the vintage strop does a better job!

    Good luck! Smooth Shaving!

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