Strop Slasher!

Gents:

I am a newbie...and I have accidently slashed my latigo strop. It occurred as I flipped the blade just BEFORE i changed direction. Is there anything that I can do to correct this or should I just strop without running to the end of the strop (and so avoid the slash)??

Thanks for your help!
Red

If you are able to post some pics so we can see how bad the damage is.

For the moment until you can get so pics up I would say just stop short of the damaged section.

Don't worry you are not the first. Try a quick search in the Strop section for repairing a strop. There should be a few threads in there on the subject. Yea, avoid the damaged part until you get it repaired.

Bob

if it is a flap nick, a gtt of super glue and press it back in. wipe off excess and good to go.

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Originally Posted by Str8Shooter

if it is a flap nick, a gtt of super glue and press it back in. wipe off excess and good to go.

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I haven't tried super glue, don't doubt that it works fine, but I have used contact cement and it also worked very well. That is for a flap type cut. :gl:

Thanks to you all for your advice...I'm also going to attempt to attach a picture of the cuts. They aren't very large (wide) so I'm not sure how well I would be able to glue them.

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Those look familiar and don't seem to be too bad. If you can't glue them you could carefully trim the flaps off and the use something like a pumice stone to smooth it all out, particularly the edges. Make sure to get all the grit off the strop from what ever you used to smooth them out with before you use the strop again. I even went over the areas where I did glue the flaps down with a pumice stone to make sure they were smooth too.

Bob

Thanks for the advice Bob. I think sanding them out would be easier than glueing them. Luckily they are at the top of the strop.

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Originally Posted by BobH

Those look familiar and don't seem to be too bad. If you can't glue them you could carefully trim the flaps off and the use something like a pumice stone to smooth it all out, particularly the edges. Make sure to get all the grit off the strop from what ever you used to smooth them out with before you use the strop again. I even went over the areas where I did glue the flaps down with a pumice stone to make sure they were smooth too.

Bob

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No problem. This question comes up so often I am surprised there is not a sticky or section in the library with photos on how to repair a strop. Yea sanding is easier if the flaps aren't too big. After I sanded mine out i used very very small amount of Neats Foot Oil on the sanded spots and let them dry thoroughly. You are one up on me, I hacked mine both coming and going.

Bob

Alas, I only photographed the slashes on ONE end. I did get both ends :-)

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Originally Posted by BobH

No problem. This question comes up so often I am surprised there is not a sticky or section in the library with photos on how to repair a strop. Yea sanding is easier if the flaps aren't too big. After I sanded mine out i used very very small amount of Neats Foot Oil on the sanded spots and let them dry thoroughly. You are one up on me, I hacked mine both coming and going.

Bob

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Oh, I feel your pain (or should I say my strop feels your pain). And I've been stropping close to 3 years. It's hard for me to coordinate the flipping of the blade with the back and forth movement. If the blade doesn't flip, the stropping motion continues and that's when you cut it.

My difficulty is a little unique. I throw a ball right-handed and write left-handed. Translated to stropping, I'm naturally right-handed when it comes to moving the blade back and forth, and naturally left-handed when it comes to flipping the blade.

So in my case, to successfully strop I have to flip the blade I have to do it right-handed all the way which is unnatural for me. Doing it left-handed was worse for me.