so this is the listing I should have bought originally. The seller overnighted it with FedEx. It got here and it's from 1937, labeled vintage flax linen and lays perfectly flat and it's the exact right width... This is the exact stuff I have on a bunch of my vintage strops... Just with dubl duck fine finish linen or something similar stamped on them.
I used the nylon piece I cut and glued for my shave this morning and it works fine but I'm not going to bother trying to make any more out of it. I have got two lengths of the flax linen hose in the wash already to put on the two extra long strops... I'm thinking maybe getting that stitching kit @Slash McCoy mentioned and making dish drying mats out of some of the nylon material.
Looks good to me. Well done.yeah it's beautiful I pulled the pieces out ironed one to get it flat and the other one I'm pressing under books while it dries to see if that works too.
Almost $500 and several false starts later, my first 28" cordovan and linen strop is finally done.
Should be putting the second together tomorrow. Then I will revaluate what is left of the leather and decide on what to do with it.
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