Hand strop with both canvas and a metal leaf spring
to support leather.
New to me.
to support leather.
New to me.
Strop with supporting leaf spring
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That’s cool. How do you swap to the other layers?
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The canvas and spring is just a design to support the leather while stropping.
Default the spring actually raise the leather in the middle over the "plane". A normal stropping force will push the leather just down to plain/ straight level.
If that's better than having deflection I don't know.
With normal stropping with a hanging strop the deflection is substantial.
Default the spring actually raise the leather in the middle over the "plane". A normal stropping force will push the leather just down to plain/ straight level.
If that's better than having deflection I don't know.
With normal stropping with a hanging strop the deflection is substantial.
Oh, ok. I thought the canvas might be for stropping on too. Couldn’t tell from the pics if there was away to expose it.
The bottom leather looks green. Does it have a CrOx coating?
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Yes, green paste on the top, left picture.
To restore the strop I have to sand it down and lose the pattern in leather.
Thick leather though, 3.8- 4mm.
The other leather side is more brown/black. Wouldn't surprise me if it has paste too.
To restore the strop I have to sand it down and lose the pattern in leather.
Thick leather though, 3.8- 4mm.
The other leather side is more brown/black. Wouldn't surprise me if it has paste too.
I would not sand away the pattern. It was to refresh an edge and is more aggressive than normal leather.
Many Russian strops had the textured leather.
Many Russian strops had the textured leather.
I have an Allegro hone/strop that has springs as well.
Swiss marvel really.
Swiss marvel really.
rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
Not for me. I hold my hanging strop tight enough and strop with so little pressure that there is almost no deflection in the strop. Works best for me.
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Either sanding or just keeping it as a bric-a-brac( hope this is the word I mean).
Picture on the Allegro, please.
Do you use it?
Have you made a hanging balsa strop?
If you rig a mirror or take a film while stropping on hanging leather
you might be in for a surprise.
rbscebu
Girls call me Makaluod
Yes, I have a 0.1μm diamond pasted balsa strop that I use hanging by holding at one end between my thumb and finger.....
Have you made a hanging balsa strop?
If you rig a mirror or take a film while stropping on hanging leather
you might be in for a surprise.
As for my normal clean leather hanging strop, I have observed it side on while stropping. It deflects about 10mm to 12mm only in the middle while I'm stropping. I don't consider that amount of deflection "substantial" over a strop of about 500mm length.
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That's normal or perhaps low with hanging strop.
Compared to a hand hold common length vintage strop
with thick leather it is substantial.
The one in the picture is 190 mm ~ 7.4" leather and wood base.
And it won't deflect half that amount with a rather heavy stropping load without spring support.
Still someone made an effort to design and manufacture with supporting canvas and a blade spring.
The Allegro has a spring underneath the hone and not the strop but it serves the same purpose.
Most paddle strops are either suspended under high tension or felt backed for a little flex.
Yes, I use it when I travel for more than a few days. Its a very good hone and strop combo, possibly the best there is.
Most hone/strop combos are not very good with the hone part being subpar on most
I don't know why pictures are not showing they show up in preview and edit.
I will keep trying.
I think IMGUR is having issues as well not just here with loading pictures.
I think IMGUR is having issues as well not just here with loading pictures.
Guess they got things straightened out - pictures just appeared.
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my droescher strop has a linen under the leather for tension. No metal spring though. Interesting strop you got there!
my diy convex leather strop, pretty small size though, seems to work fine with the height in the middle.
my diy convex leather strop, pretty small size though, seems to work fine with the height in the middle.
Do you have a picture of the Droescher?
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Very beautiful strop in excellent condition.The Allegro has a spring underneath the hone and not the strop but it serves the same purpose.
Most paddle strops are either suspended under high tension or felt backed for a little flex.
Yes, I use it when I travel for more than a few days. Its a very good hone and strop combo, possibly the best there is.
Most hone/strop combos are not very good with the hone part being subpar on most
Nice that the hone is a working finisher.
2 blade springs under the hone. Perhaps they were thinking that the hone should be exchangeable.
But then shouldn't the leather be also...
So perhaps another thought.
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"I strop on a hanger and slack"
-is it a hanging strop?
100 shaves between honing sounds really good.
Never tested how many I could do.
