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Thread: Additions to 'natural' leather to make strop-worthy?

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    Default Additions to 'natural' leather to make strop-worthy?

    I have a fair bit of fairly high quality 3-4mm veg-tanned leather I got for doing some leatherwork.

    Does the natural leather need any treatment or pastes or anything before I make a board or hanging strop with it?

    I'm new to this, this would be my first strop; is this one of those situations where I should buy a ready made one first or is it ok to go straight to making my own?

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    Andrew

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    If You have any smooth,supple,unblemed strips of almost any type hide,make your own.
    Strops are not IMO rocket science.
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    Quote Originally Posted by pixelfixed View Post
    If You have any smooth,supple,unblemed strips of almost any type hide,make your own.
    Strops are not IMO rocket science.
    I got beat down for saying the same thing last week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Crotalus View Post
    I got beat down for saying the same thing last week.
    You must not have held your mouth right...
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    If your leather is very high quality you may wish to save it and buy an inexpensive strop to learn on first. After you become accomplished and don't nick a strop any longer you can make yourself a nice strop or strops.

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