Thread: Magnetic Table-top Strop with rubber feet, and 2 Hanging strops

Mate, if my export permits were still valid I would send you some to try out. It could only be an improvement on stropping on a cow or worse...horses arse!
Because of the fine grained nature of 'roo hide it is, I feel, some of the best leather for strops. Many people are put off by just how thin it is, even though it is also the strongest leather of all. For a paddle strop I think it would work really well. Maybe with the addition of a very thin layer of cushioning, a layer of Balsa perhaps...Maybe it wouldn't need a thing. I've never used a paddle strop to know how they work best.
I reckon Legion would know best, how 'roo hide works on a paddle. I think he has done some experimenting in this area. You could drop him a PM.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

Mate, if my export permits were still valid I would send you some to try out. It could only be an improvement on stropping on a cow or worse...horses arse!

Ahh, the old Aussie customs officers and their sparkling personalities will probably put on their latex gloves and inspect that roo arse properly with some KY before they allow it to leave the country eh?

They frown on it with big fines for those they deem stupid enough to make a habit of it.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

They frown on it with big fines for those they deem stupid enough to make a habit of it.


Mick

Tell me about it..., they've taken stuff from me more than once when coming into Aus. I don't really blame them, they're just doing their jobs - I guess!

First a great thanks to Burt for his work and help; seeing what he's done encouraged me to try why not to make something by myself too. I'm not much of a handyman and really don't usually do stuff like this.

So there is my own-made paddle strop and I humbly don't even try to compare it with the job Burt has done, we're clearly not competing in the same category

I couldn't find magnetic sheet nor balsa wood in my neighbourhood, so I had to settle for something else.
Luckily I found these very cheap and already paddle-shapped 'gratters' - or what I think are gratters though I wouldn't use them as such - on the local market.


I removed the metal part and glued them together. There was still a big hole, so I had to cover the one side I wanted to put the leather on with a piece of wood I sawed.





I finished it with spreading chromium oxide pasteon the leather.



It does a great job. I tried honing a gold dollar on a chinese 12k for a couple of hours, stropping on my custom made paddle, canvas and then stropping on leather and I got it passed the HHT!

Excellent work Francois, that was really resourceful of you to spot it as paddle making materials!

Who would have ever thought you could use a cheese grater to make a paddle strop... Now you can tell people you sharpen your razor on a cheese grater, and see the expression on their faces. LOL

Now you have a great paddle strop with Cro2, and you really are going to get a lot of good hours of finishing your edges on that paddle.

Well done man!

Originally Posted by MickR

Mate, if my export permits were still valid I would send you some to try out. It could only be an improvement on stropping on a cow or worse...horses arse!


Mick

I requested a 'single use' permit to send some your way mate. You should see it soon all going well.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I requested a 'single use' permit to send some your way mate. You should see it soon all going well. Mick

Thanks a lot Mick, that's really nice of you. I'm going to slap that roo's arse straight onto a pad as soon as I get it, and give it a go........wait, does that sound like a kiwi and a sheep...? Maybe I should have re-phrased it.