Thread: Restauration advice request

Gents, I finally did it! My strop is now restored, alive and kicking!

Here are some pictures:



This is the joint of the handle with the rosewood body. The handle was fixed with two rivets.



This is an overview of my working place with all the stuff I used. On the right is the outer part of my wallet. First quality leather (It worked well for ten years, after all!). There is also the strop and its original leather, separated. That leather also has a nice draw, I'll keep it as it is or I'll use it for some other stropping tool, I don't know yet. The scalpel comes from a '70s dentist set. Also you can see the original collar at the handle-body joint. I could save and apply it to the finished strop



A side view of the handle-body joint. You can see some cotton to provide a soft touch to the leather. This also has been saved.



The right rivet was loose because of a crack in the ivory, so I had to put a new one in it. I used a drill point as a rivet, since it's very hard. Everything has been soaked in CA glue, and up to now it has worked well. I didn't imagine that ivory was so easy to work, I had worked with bone only before... Same stench, however!



Starting to glue the new leather...



And the finished strop! Side view...



Front view (quite rough, I admit it...)...



And the handle-body joint, with the original collar.

It took me half a day to do all this, but the result is amazing. The new leather works perfectly, I prefer it to my Dovo strop which is itself a quality product. I think this new/old strop will serve me for decades!

This said, I wish to heartedly thank all of you who helped me with this work, with yours ideas, suggestions and offers of your help. I could have not done it without your enlightening contributions!

With my best regards,
Mauri

Looks great Mauri,super save.