Thread: What are you working on?

great job Tuzi, lookin' good!

I just finished sewing these leather ends on this piece of fire hose. My fingers are wrecked hand stitching is not my thing.

Dang fine work, that's a nice looking linen strop.

Good job MisterClean. I've heard that some of those old old fire hoses worked good for the fabric part of a strop but are they better than what we have or just the same?

This piece of fire hose is a little coarse but it works great.

Nothing razor related but as I posted here: http://straightrazorpalace.com/works...ml#post1769121 I've been working on my Harley.

Thanks to the help of my fellow member/members/friendsI've got the bike back on the road but will be doing a front brake job in the near future (parts are ordered from my friendly HD Dealership).

Anyway I got the bike back together this morning and took it for a test drive up to the end of the block and back (about 1/2 a block) and was just wearing a ball cap (WA State requires a helmet for all riders) but I still had the nitrile gloves on and as I was turning around in the intersection I saw a Walla Walla Police Car make the corner at the other end of the block so I knew I was screwed! About the time I pulled the bike back into the garage and had it secured in the wheel chock the cop stopped in the street across from my drive way.

He yelled out "Get her fixed?" I walked over and said yea and told him a brief story of the repair and he said something like s**t happens and to ride safe and drove on.

I find it hard to believe that I got that lucky! It's been just shy of 40 years since I got my last ticket--but that one was a DOOZIE!

Hey Freddie, I had apiece of hemp that seemed a tad too rough for my liking so I clamped a piece of black iron pipe in my vice, too some sandpaper and thoroughly cleaned a section of it and then buffed it like crazy going back and forth with my hemp strop. That broke it in nicely. It is one of my favourite second material strops now. It might be worth a try, I'm sure you have pipe clamps in your shop.

Got it, thanks Rez, I'll try it and get back to you. Kind of like a shoe shine boy, right?

Yup, I think that describes the action fairly well.

Glad you got things squared away on the Heritage Roy. Safe is best especially with brakes. And especially those old single piston calipers, and since the front brake takes a majority of the braking, have it top shape.