Need advice/help with Strops
Because of a recent surgery and as a right handed shaver I can no longer maintain enough strength with my left hand to hold my cordovan and kanayama strops (no D rings or handles) tight enough to strop properly. I have no problem with my D ring strops. I was thinking of adding a piece of 1/2" dowel rod, oak or maple or the like, the width of the strop and somehow adhere it an inch or so of the bottom of the strop to it to make a kind of grip.
I know this may devalue my strops to some extent but I don't plan on selling them. I don't know whether to use contact cement, gorilla glue or what to fasten the dowel and clamp it to the strop end. I don't want to penetrate the leather with any type of fastner but also don't want a mid strop stroke surprise. I am thinking an adhesive could be removed fairly easily with a scalpel when need be with little or no evidence to detract from the strop.
Sorry for being so long winded but would appreciate any advice from any of our members who may have had to do some thing similar to this. Thanks!
Bob