Home-made strop

[MichaelS]

Materials (eBay)
- 2 1/2 inch veg tan cowhide
- 2 inch D rings
- 1/4 inch Chicago screws
- Swivel hook
- Saddle soap (optional)
Tools
- Stanley cutter
- 3/16 inch leather punch
- Screwdriver

Now if only I could find a source for 2 1/2 inch herringbone pattern linen (anyone ?)

 

[al_kaholik]

Looking good £? And time invested?

 

[MichaelS]

Time? Less than 2 hours once you have the bits. Cost? By the time you add up everything, it doesn't work out cheaper than a pro basic strop - in fact probably more but you're paying for the fun :lol: .

 

[al_kaholik]

I like that philosophy and always have

Everything I can do myself, I do unless it is such a no brainer that the end result will be substantially quicker, cheaper or turn out vastly superior or I am unable.

Hats off to you.

 

[Islander]

Looks very nice!
If I could really believe I would do such good work I would do a similar one in a heartbeat...

 

[Mikael]

Nice work Michael!

Well, Neil Miller has got the best linen, but you allready knew that :lol: Seriously though, he has the best linen for stroping.

 

[Jeltz]

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[MichaelS]

Thanks Mikael, how could I have forgotten?! And Nic, curtains is a great idea (not slicing them up that really would be 'curtains') but those kinds of suppliers!