I just added some 4 Side Paddle Strop Kits to my storefront. These kits include a turned oak blank finished with Linseed Oil and 4 pre-cut horsehide blanks you glue on yourself to complete the paddle strop. Stropping surfaces are 1 1/2" x 10" and are Horween Horsehide. I offer them in either smooth or roughout veg tanned or any combination of those you like.
I like the roughout for more coarse grits of stick type (wax based) or thick paste abrasive compounds and the smooth for finer grits of emulsions, sprays or liquids.
I find a solvent or water-based contact cement the best to hold the leather, but a carpenter's glue would also work but a bit slipperier to try and line up.
I can also stamp a "sequence" number, 1, 2, 3 or 4 on one end of each leather blank to help you keep track of which surface has each grit of abrasive, ie. #1 coarse, #2 medium, etc....
A Mennonite farming/woodworking family turns the rough paddle blanks for me and I cut them to length and finish them and supply the leather pre-cut for each paddle.
I like the roughout for more coarse grits of stick type (wax based) or thick paste abrasive compounds and the smooth for finer grits of emulsions, sprays or liquids.
I find a solvent or water-based contact cement the best to hold the leather, but a carpenter's glue would also work but a bit slipperier to try and line up.
I can also stamp a "sequence" number, 1, 2, 3 or 4 on one end of each leather blank to help you keep track of which surface has each grit of abrasive, ie. #1 coarse, #2 medium, etc....
A Mennonite farming/woodworking family turns the rough paddle blanks for me and I cut them to length and finish them and supply the leather pre-cut for each paddle.