Hi all,
I'm looking to make my own double sided paddle strop by taking a 2 and 7/8ths by 8 inch piece of sandblasted plate glass and gluing leather to either side. That way the thing is going to be dead flat and it will be the same width and length of a Norton 4k/8k so i can use its holder for the strop if I so choose. I intend on treating one side with .5um Chromium Oxide for polishing / finishing, and the other plain for stropping in between shaves. My problem is that I don't know what kind of leather I need to use, or where to get it for that matter. Hopefully, it will work out to be as cheap and effective as I have hoped.
Thanks and best regards,
Mike
I'm looking to make my own double sided paddle strop by taking a 2 and 7/8ths by 8 inch piece of sandblasted plate glass and gluing leather to either side. That way the thing is going to be dead flat and it will be the same width and length of a Norton 4k/8k so i can use its holder for the strop if I so choose. I intend on treating one side with .5um Chromium Oxide for polishing / finishing, and the other plain for stropping in between shaves. My problem is that I don't know what kind of leather I need to use, or where to get it for that matter. Hopefully, it will work out to be as cheap and effective as I have hoped.
Thanks and best regards,
Mike