My New Strop

It's not that I really needed a new strop. The one I have (a Bison) is perfectly adequate. It's just well, why not!
This one is a DYI project, there's just something about using a tool you made yourself.
The leather is horsehide, and the fabric is linen firehose. All the materials and hardware are stuff I found on eBay =)



Kinda looks a bit like my Bison... I wonder how that happened? =D
Now all I gotta do is rub a few Gold Dollars on it to get it going!

Very nice work!
I like the decor too. "Smellin me some cornbread boss".

Thank you! Have ta' get a pot of chilli goin' to go with the corn bread! =)

Horsehide looks sweet. Fire-hose looks great too. I need to find some of that hose.

Nice job! Be proud of that one.

spoken36 said:

Horsehide looks sweet. Fire-hose looks great too. I need to find some of that hose.

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Thank you! You can find the fire hose on eBay, and it's not even that expensive =)

alpster said:

Nice job! Be proud of that one.

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Thank you most kindly =)

Looks very practical. Well done indeed, if that is your first strop. It should serve you well for many many years, and is certainly going to be better than the average strop.

Looks great mate.

Cool strop and nice work. I like the black hardware.

Slash McCoy said:

Looks very practical. Well done indeed, if that is your first strop. It should serve you well for many many years, and is certainly going to be better than the average strop.

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Thanks Slash! Yup this is the first one I've made =)

Prof. Moriarty said:

Looks great mate.

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Thank you =)

BSAGuy said:

Cool strop and nice work. I like the black hardware.

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Thank you most kindly =)

Your holding out brother....thats excellent!!! You should consider making a few more perhaps...

Nice! I really like horse hide.

6Cuda6 said:

Your holding out brother....thats excellent!!! You should consider making a few more perhaps...

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Thank you! I'll take it under advisement Actually I've been thinking about a piece of 'Roo...

bluesman 7 said:

Nice! I really like horse hide.

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Thank you! Yea, I really like the draw of horse =)

jlindy said:

Thank you! I'll take it under advisement Actually I've been thinking about a piece of 'Roo...

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Yes yes yes. I know that I just said that I really like horse hide, but I really really like roo. I've been using a roo strop that I won at the Texas meet since mid February. I think that the fact that all of my razors have smiles is part of why I like the roo so much. The suppleness of the strop allows it to conform to a smiling edge very well.

bluesman 7 said:

I think that the fact that all of my razors have smiles is part of why I like the roo so much. The suppleness of the strop allows it to conform to a smiling edge very well.

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Interesting! I've got a LeCoultre with a really pronounced smile and I did notice it was a bit difficult to hit the whole edge while stropping, but I've never tried roo leather.

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Yes yes yes. I know that I just said that I really like horse hide, but I really really like roo. I've been using a roo strop that I won at the Texas meet since mid February. I think that the fact that all of my razors have smiles is part of why I like the roo so much. The suppleness of the strop allows it to conform to a smiling edge very well.

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That's good to know! I have some smilers, and a few with a smidge of toe wear. I'll definitely be putting a 'roo strop on the to-do list!