Thread: What are you working on?

Looking good, sharptonn. Looking like a dang strop factory!

Of course it is not just about hones when I am playing with stones

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Looking good, sharptonn. Looking like a dang strop factory!

Indeed, my friend! In business to go out of business!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Speaking of strops....For some dumb reason I have absconded with 24 old NOS Boar hide strops from Tripoli Barber supply in Philadelphia. I have a vintage pigskin strop and love the way it strops...
Old cellulose coverings just crumbled away.
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Of course it is old and dry, but this stuff won't crack and split like cowhide or horsehide.
Processing them 2 at a time. Damp cloth rub, Bick leather cleaner, heavy.Then Bick conditioner.
After Damp cloth and drying,Bick cleaner, 3 shots of Bick leather conditioner, both sides. They are turning up nice.
On the right to left. Wiped-down with damp cloth, finished, next 2 are cleaned and awaiting the conditioner tomorrow.
LOTS of hand-rubbing involved.

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Found some NOS fire hose. Only 4 will require some cleaning.
Using the remaining bits to learn how to iron them smooth....

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1 fire-hose component and 1 Boar- hide strop will be made to fit a Lipshaw strop for Razorfeld. The rest will be hangars.
Hardware en-route.
Lord what have I started?

Im watching a couple of nos boar hide strops currently gotta see first if I win a razor I bid on before pulling the trigger on the leathers. Nice collection Tom.

Originally Posted by ejmolitor37

Im watching a couple of nos boar hide strops currently gotta see first if I win a razor I bid on before pulling the trigger on the leathers. Nice collection Tom.

Ya, the same fellow I got the pile from. I tried to buy him out, but he was smart enough to save some to sell higher. They work out quite nice, FME.
I figure a razor is no good without a strop. I have some razors to sell, so I figure to include a strop with them. I may well be stuck with them before it is over...
That pigskin is nice stropping!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Ya, the same fellow I got the pile from. I tried to buy him out, but he was smart enough to save some to sell higher. They work out quite nice, FME.
I figure a razor is no good without a strop. I have some razors to sell, so I figure to include a strop with them. I may well be stuck with them before it is over...
That pigskin is nice stropping!

You're gonna need a lot of strop socks!

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

You're gonna need a lot of strop socks!

On the way, Tuzi. On the way!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

On the way, Tuzi. On the way!

Oh I'm not surprised! Of course they are!

Originally Posted by xiaotuzi

Oh I'm not surprised! Of course they are!

I have my 'connection'!

Gee, I was trying to catch up & for every page I would read, it seemed 5 more would pop up!
No country For old Men is a good but crazy movie. If it were me, i would have looked for a transponder out there where Josh Brolin found the money & left it out there with the dead guy under the tree. Any large amount of money like that is going to have such a device or similar.

Andrew, aka Harrywally, that is an awesome handle!!!

And yes, Machine Gun Mike, ya did a great job on the red imp scales. Everything else I have seen including Tom's Strop Supply is cool!