Thread: Felt alternative strop

G'day all,
been playing with this idea for a few weeks now.
i came across some compressed polyester pin board & thought it would be a great alternative to pasting my felt backing strop.
so I bit the bullet and bought a 600x800mm (24"x32") board from Bunnings hardware for $22 in Aus,

then I cut it up & got 15 off 300x80mm & 4 off 400x80mm pieces


I have applied 0.5 micron Chrox & 0.1 micron Ferrox mixed with mineral oil. Which has so far taken 2 weeks to dry.


But also applied another 2 with the Chrox & Ferrox crayons I made a while back, now these worked a lot better. So added a lace to each & went for it


now so far these have only had 4 str8s over them as part of today's honing session in place of my Balsa strops,
but definately worth while and I find them a lot more easier to use than the hard balsa as they have a little bit of flex, like my Felt strop they feel a bit rough to start with so hopefully like my felt they will smooth out more with more use as they break in
cheers
Dion