Thread: What are you working on?

Yea I hope there is not an issue stropping but if so I have about 3 more designs drawn up for the same blade, I'll move on. Plus it was fun, got to play with my bandsaw and belt sander.
Thanks for sharing those collars. Looks like part of a rivot.

Those are exactly what I was talking about. You can also use 3/16 eyelets but they are not as nice to work with.

I've posted this about once a year, Eyelets are what he used. Cheaper by the hundreds.

Miniature-Large-Hollow-Eyelets-Pkg-of-40-

This is not the only place to get them. Some suppliers have different lengths also and different hole sizes in them. I like them for filling the pivot hole in old blades; flatten the flange and put a thin washer the other side when pinning.
~Richard
PS Google " small eyelets for sale "........

Nice idea Richard. Thanks for sharing that one. Again i guess. Ha.

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

Yea I hope there is not an issue stropping but if so I have about 3 more designs drawn up for the same blade, I'll move on. Plus it was fun, got to play with my bandsaw and belt sander.
Thanks for sharing those collars. Looks like part of a rivot.

They do look like a rivet-body, but I have tried stainless rivet-bodies and the nickel-silver pin will seize in them before things tighten-up. I have a bunch of the brass ones Richard speaks of. They will work, but are a bit loose fitting as you begin peening.

The appearance is also quite nice as-finished. You have to keep the silver ones off the buffer, though. You can buff through the nickel plating and wind-up with a brass collar!

Handy for lots of razors..

A little tute on them as I use them on pearl with liners

http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...op-liners.html

I got the Rose's Barbers Supply House strop cleaned up and put together. I used Bick 1 leather cleaner on the leather, followed by hand rubbing.

It was much improved but still sort of waxy feeling, hard to explain, but it was a bit gummed up in places. Not from the Bick, the Bick went a long way to getting that out, but then I did a few quick wipes with acetone and that did the trick.

After getting it clean I see there's a couple dents in the leather, but no cuts or flaps, I did some test stroppin' and it feels good. The hardware cleaned up well enough, fits nicely. Put it together with a length of fire hose and she's done!
Sorry about the crappy lighting in the pics.

Nice strop restore G!
Hope it performs as slick as it looks.

Really nice save, bro.
I've had s few sticky one's, I used denatured alcohol, didn't want petroleum products in the leather. Alcohol tends to draw moisture, so that was my choice. Works the same.[emoji482]

Sweet, Tuzi! Love those vintage strops!

I just got through rejuvenating an old Wagner's shell strop, boiling the linen. Strops heavenly!

That strop looks great Tuzi! Bravo