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DIY roo travel strop - my take
G'day all,
thought I would share my latest edition a DIY roo travel strop for those who are trying to find a easy and very portable option for a travel strop.
the materials
A grade razor stop quality vegi tanned Roo leather strip - I used 750x75mm (30x3")
Leather lacing - I used 1m x 5mm (3'x1/4") Roo same as the strop
1/4" stainless tube - 2 off 75mm (3") long - brass tube or similar could be used also but the stainless was from work for free.
Tarzan grip contact cement
the tools
Stanley knife
clamps
hard metal of wood for clamping glued surfaces
the how to
I sourced my leather from Newforce pty ltd (outthere09) on eBay he is in Airlie beach in Queensland Australia great lad to deal with, contact him about your size and quality you want as it isn't always listed and he will supply to suit your needs
Was $54AUD delivered (only 600km) for 2 strips and 2m of lace
the leather came stripped to width nice and straight so only had to square and trim the ends up
used the Stanley knife cuts the ends with a steel ruler as a guide
They came out 750mm and 800mm after trimming both
i then just marked a line at 3" from each end as the extent of the folded and glued area
applied glue to this area
laid the tube in place
Folded over pulled the tube in tight and clamped between 2 stainless bars and some plastic sheet to protect the leather and left to dry for an hour
then repeated for the other end
i then sanded the back completely with dry 2000 grit wet & dry grit to smooth some minor rough bits, so now it is like a very fine swayed feel to it for my linen side
no end for any sanding etc for the front
then threaded the lacing through the tube 6" at the bottom and 1'6" at the top
tied them both off at a similar length as a D ring as left the rest to hang
i added a bead to the bottom to hang to and a dice on the other for now until I get another long skull bead in the mail.
job done ready to use roll it up through it in the travel kit
I note this is aplagiarisation of an early post so a big thanks to Legion & MickR for sharing their original posts on making a Roo travel strop on SRP so long ago, I just I had thought of it myself.