Great job on the strop! That's a handsome looking piece and is bound to serve you well. A lot of satisfaction in making and using your own strop.
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Great job on the strop! That's a handsome looking piece and is bound to serve you well. A lot of satisfaction in making and using your own strop.
what's the thickness of your leather ?
Looks like nice 9 ounce, 3.5mm piece. Maybe a little smaller..
Nice work, an edge beveler, to round the corners and a hand held sick type or plastic, or wood wheel can be hand held or mounted to a drill and some bees wax, hideglue or even white craft glue will give you a smooth finished edge by burnishing. Just a few dollars from Tandy, they will also carry all the hardware. Ebay also sell tools inexpensively that will work well.
Strop making can be addictive, Cotton Canvas or Polyester Sail cloth works very well, in place of linen and can be cut to size from a yard, about $5 at any craft store. There are posts on making them.
I too have been looking for good, 3 in flax, but have not found any. There are some selling Hemp, that I have heard good results from but have not tried the hemp.
Vintage linen, is also an option, often you can buy a strop, very inexpensively, with the leather trashed, but the linen can be cleaned and restored, and you get the hardware. It is a bit of work, but worth the effort.
Nice job, bet it works great!
Interesting thing about the 'pinstripe' is that it doubly-establishes the edge of the strop.
If done properly, What is at the edge of the strop does not matter so much?
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