Recently, I have been hunting for a well built cotton or linen only strop for pasting with CrOx and haven't come up with many good options. I have never wanted to mess up my TM or RupRazor strops with paste and want a quality hanging pasted strop for touchups. I realize just about any old strop, strap, belt, paddle or piece of webbing will do, however, I want it to look like a proper strop and work like a proper strop without spoiling any of my really proper strops!
Anyway, I am going to make a strop about 22" long using 2" cotton webbing with D-Rings at each end and a snap-swivel-ring and leather lace for hanging, put together with 4 1/4" Chicago screws. Using screws means the hardware can be removed from the cotton for washing, reconfiguring or attaching to another strop as required. Also, I find the unpasted cotton to be an excellent fabric for daily edge maintenance. Because it is a single-layered configuration, both sides are easily accessible and can be used pasted/pasted, pasted/plain depending on your setup and needs.
My question to the membership is: Is anyone else in need of a fabric-only strop like the one I describe (pasted or not)? I am thinking that if I couldn't find a cheap pre-assembled option, maybe others are looking as well. If there were sufficient interest in such a product, I would consider 'group-building' about 50 of these for B&B members. I estimate costs including materials, labour, paypal, S&H would be around the $20 ballpark for those in the U.S.A and Canada. I could pre-paste one side with CrOX as well.
I will post photos once I get one built for everyone to see what I am talking about. Please let me know your thoughts.
Anyway, I am going to make a strop about 22" long using 2" cotton webbing with D-Rings at each end and a snap-swivel-ring and leather lace for hanging, put together with 4 1/4" Chicago screws. Using screws means the hardware can be removed from the cotton for washing, reconfiguring or attaching to another strop as required. Also, I find the unpasted cotton to be an excellent fabric for daily edge maintenance. Because it is a single-layered configuration, both sides are easily accessible and can be used pasted/pasted, pasted/plain depending on your setup and needs.
My question to the membership is: Is anyone else in need of a fabric-only strop like the one I describe (pasted or not)? I am thinking that if I couldn't find a cheap pre-assembled option, maybe others are looking as well. If there were sufficient interest in such a product, I would consider 'group-building' about 50 of these for B&B members. I estimate costs including materials, labour, paypal, S&H would be around the $20 ballpark for those in the U.S.A and Canada. I could pre-paste one side with CrOX as well.
I will post photos once I get one built for everyone to see what I am talking about. Please let me know your thoughts.
