Anyone tested making a hanging leather strop?

Now figuring a paddle strop must be possible to make. A 20x2,5x1 inch plank, shape like a handle one end, add two pieces of leather, one with red paste, the other green, velcro to fasten, keep as backup two more pieces of leather with velcro, plain, a project when autumn comes and workshop calls...
 
Off shopping for leather tomorrow but first priority after having bought a new hanging strop is making paddle strops to be used with and without cromox.
 
I found a nice piece of leather in the shop scrap bin for a fiver, enough to cover a couple of strops if I do not screw up. Cutting it in a clean straight line will be the first hurdle! Type of knife? Metal ruler as a guide? Or plank?
 
Last edited:
Truth is I have not found any ready made leather strips wider than 60 mm to buy over here in Sweden. Same thing with linen/hemp/canvas so far I have been limited to testing a folded vintage linen towel.

linnestrigel.jpg
 
Last edited:
Back
Top Bottom