Custom Handmade Strop
Custom Handmade Strop
I was needing a good strop. I couldn't find a good used one. All of them had cracks and cuts. I looked at some nice new ones. Most were out of my league price wise.
So I went to an Amish saddle shop run by a guy I've known all my life. He's never made one of these before, but I described it to him and his wheels went to turning. (The D ring was my wife's idea). I got the fabric at a local Amish upholstery shop.
My saddle/harness maker friend cut and radiused the leather, sewed the leather and fabric together. I ordered it 3 1/2 inches wide, the knife in the pic is a CASE 3299 1/2 for comparison, the leather/fabric portion is 34 inches long, 37 inches counting the D ring. The leather is bridle leather. He used his leather sewing machine to sew it all together.
So I went to an Amish saddle shop run by a guy I've known all my life. He's never made one of these before, but I described it to him and his wheels went to turning. (The D ring was my wife's idea). I got the fabric at a local Amish upholstery shop.
My saddle/harness maker friend cut and radiused the leather, sewed the leather and fabric together. I ordered it 3 1/2 inches wide, the knife in the pic is a CASE 3299 1/2 for comparison, the leather/fabric portion is 34 inches long, 37 inches counting the D ring. The leather is bridle leather. He used his leather sewing machine to sew it all together.
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Well done Wade, might I ask what you paid and would he be willing to make more?
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That's a beauty Colonel!
Anyone care to expound on the old debate as to whether the linen side is really needed?
Dennis
Anyone care to expound on the old debate as to whether the linen side is really needed?
Dennis
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That is awesome Wade! .
A lot better than the one or two I made.
And YES ... the linen is useful.
Actually I use a heavy cotton canvas. It does a better edge than the veg tanned leather.
YMMV ..../color]
A lot better than the one or two I made.
And YES ... the linen is useful.
Actually I use a heavy cotton canvas. It does a better edge than the veg tanned leather.
YMMV ..../color]
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Wow that's nice. Looks to be very well made.
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Re: Custom Handmade Strop
Thanks fellers. The hardest part was finding the fabric. The guy at the upholstery shop just happened to have a remnant of some suitable fabric left over from a job. The fabric is lighter than I wanted so I doubled it up. We'll see how it works.
Shoot me a PM.bestgear wrote:Well done Wade, might I ask what you paid and would he be willing to make more?
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Now how do you use it? I have never used one. I take the edge and push it across a whet rock. Do you use the strop backwards from how you use a whet rock?
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Yes. You push the razor spine forward and flip and pull it back toward you. I just use a old belt for my knives but a razor's cutting edge is very fragile. You want a good smooth strop.montemojo wrote:Now how do you use it? I have never used one. I take the edge and push it across a whet rock. Do you use the strop backwards from how you use a whet rock?
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Very cool Wade
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Thanks Scott!
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That's a real beauty. I recently got my hands on a piece of flax linen fire hose and plan to make my own strop as soon a I find a piece of nice bridle leather. You got yourself a real prize
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Awesome. That firehose linked is supposed to be the best.Umcknifeguy wrote:That's a real beauty. I recently got my hands on a piece of flax linen fire hose and plan to make my own strop as soon a I find a piece of nice bridle leather. You got yourself a real prize
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Very nice. Those Amish harness makers are some savvy dudes.
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