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I bought something similar a while back, I got the 2.5" d rings
I bought something similar a while back, I got the 2.5" d rings
Linen vs Hemp vs Felt vs Etc.
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Just taper the end of the linen down to two inches
I second the advice to try a tack shop. Maybe even Tractor Supply Co. store. Look around the hitching pins, etc. there are things that could very well work until you get exactly what you want. Or maybe call an artesian strop maker.
Tandy leather also has a selection and can be ordered online.
don't know if this will help but upholstery supply stores have hemp, jute & linen webbing and all the stuff to make strops rings, rivets, leather, ect.
Thanks. THe linen I bought is pretty fine. bluesman 7 sent me a piece that's a lot corser, but I'll be glad to look for more stuff.
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You can buy artist's linen stretched on frames from art shops. They aren't cheap, but has anyone tried these?
Cheers, Steve
Cheers, Steve
That's a great idea! I'm sure if you tell some place like Michael's or A.C. Moore not to mount it they'll sell you raw cloth.
Sounds like a gigantic loom strop
if you cant find any 3 inch d rings I can make you a couple. I may have a piece of stainless 3/16 rod left. would have to ship cause I am in sc. I make a few custom knives and use the stainless for pins.
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OK, I finally got to the end of town where Jerry's Artarama is. I picked up a 8x10 Belgian linen board and a 11x14 Belgian linen stretched on a frame. The finish looks pretty good and I'll give a report after I hone something up. The plan is to use the 8x10 board as a paddle strop, and to possibly remove the 11x14 linen from the frame and contact cement it to an old leather strop that's damaged on the stropping side to make a hanging strop, though I'll try it as-is first.
Anyone got any other ideas? BTW the total cost was about $20 for both. These were the finest finish they had, and there were coarser ones.
Cheers, Steve
Anyone got any other ideas? BTW the total cost was about $20 for both. These were the finest finish they had, and there were coarser ones.
Cheers, Steve
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The linen is primed on the front - white - side, so I removed the large linen from the frame because it is unprimed natural brown linen on the back. Then used contact cement to glue it to the backside of an old abused strop. The results look and feel very promising. It's a fine weave natural linen, considerably finer than the Herald component which I thought knocked my HHT down a little. I may test it later tonight or tomorrow after a day's dry time.
Cheers, Steve
Cheers, Steve
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Be mindful of the board mount. Most of them I have seen do not remain terribly flat after a few years. But that also might be because of the application of paint. I've never observed one that was just "left alone" over time.
The piece glued to the strop looks great. Hope it holds up. If so, then you've discovered a new technique!!
Which we'll all promptly steal but give you full credit. Unless you try to patent it. Then we'll all lie like rugs and say we thought of it first.
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Steve56
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It should hold up fine, if not I'm out all of about $6. But there was a thread about the Red Imp strop being like a tube sock with a stiffener inside, the linen was not sufficient by itself. So the use of thinner linen is not unprecedented it would seem.
i re-honed a Gold Dollar and tried it out, it produced results similar to my Kanayama canvas which I like very much. I did get a tiny bit of pilling and ran my 325 DMT over it lightly and that seemed to remove the pills. I think that with a little break-in, it will be a good linen component.
Cheers, Steve
i re-honed a Gold Dollar and tried it out, it produced results similar to my Kanayama canvas which I like very much. I did get a tiny bit of pilling and ran my 325 DMT over it lightly and that seemed to remove the pills. I think that with a little break-in, it will be a good linen component.
Cheers, Steve
For those of us who haven't yet nicked a leather strop, I wonder if one could contact cement the linen to poster board or something. Well obviously "or something" would work fantastic, but what is it?
I just slipped a thin (.011") piece of poster board into this homemade linen strop and it worked great! No Glue! This strop was performing well but had started cupping. The poster board cured it.
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you can easily source larger D Rings from parachute supply companies, try ParaGear....
http://www.paragear.com/templates/parachutes.asp?group=34
http://www.paragear.com/templates/parachutes.asp?group=34
bluesman, that's a great idea about the poster board. I know what I am going to be doing this weekend 
bluesman, that's a great idea about the poster board. I know what I am going to be doing this weekend
It gives the strop a completely different feel, much more substantial. It will take you all of 15 minutes.
to give rigidity to canvas material go to walmart ,joans etc and buy their 17x5 yards bulk heat and bond.play with that awhile, i'll bet you will like the results.[emoji4]
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