Cork strop

[bloodyface]

Anybody with experience in cork strops ?
Length : 100 cm (40") - 6 cm 2 1/2 " wide, 5 mm thick.
very very smouth..

 

[Kavik79]

never heard of it.....

 

[Slash McCoy]

That's new to me! I can't imagine it being very durable. Maybe glued to a piece of wood as a bench strop? Might work well with pastes.

 

[Doc226]

Ehhh, why?

 

[bloodyface]

Hi Doc

I am just a guy who try to save money, and still get the best result, and thats a difficult task.

I found the cork in my basement, and - thinking a lot of : straight razors, pre, wash, after, strop, hone, polish, etc and you know, what your mind is full of, leeds to ideas. Sometimes bad, but sometimes good.

I tried to work a corner of the cork with smouth grinding wet paper (1200) and the surface became very very smouth.

Normally I would just try and test my ideas, but in this case I will mess up my only straight, I depend on it every day now

That was the story, Doc.

The best

Richardt

 

[jcborr00]

I would go with newspaper. Literally no cost and it will work better than cork.

 

[Doc226]

Hi Doc

I am just a guy who try to save money, and still get the best result, and thats a difficult task.

I found the cork in my basement, and - thinking a lot of : straight razors, pre, wash, after, strop, hone, polish, etc and you know, what your mind is full of, leeds to ideas. Sometimes bad, but sometimes good.

I tried to work a corner of the cork with smouth grinding wet paper (1200) and the surface became very very smouth.

Normally I would just try and test my ideas, but in this case I will mess up my only straight, I depend on it every day now

That was the story, Doc.

The best

Richardt

I get it, i think you would be better off with any piece of smooth leather, you can glue it to some wood and don't have to worry about the hangers.

I have no idea if cork would work, but give it a try, likely it would have to be glued to something.

Here is one that you can get delivered to Denmark for $26 USD, I have this strop, it is actually quite nice.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/110766239554?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#shId

 

[Kavik79]

That's new to me! I can't imagine it being very durable. Maybe glued to a piece of wood as a bench strop? Might work well with pastes.

I don't even know if I'd trust it at that point....not the way cork expands if it accidentally gets wet or crumbles if it dries out. There are enough other materials out there to slather paste on that are just as cheap and 10x more durable

 

[bloodyface]

Thanks Daryl.
I already got an ok strop from Dovo : 3" wide and 15" long.
It works fine, and the cork thing was just an idea. But thank you for your help.
Richardt