Belt loop strop

[thatsaknife]

I loaded my bush style sheath belt loop with green compound as a strop. Its about 1inchx2inch and rough side out and is working great so far seeing as 90% of the time the knife and sheath are not on my belt. I just strop a dozen strokes before putting away

 

[Rappy]

That's pretty good use of leather, good work.
I'd be afraid of getting green jeans after wearing it

 

[kelbro]

Yep, you may have a hard time getting that green out of clothing. It's the pigment that's used in paint.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

Yep, you may have a hard time getting that green out of clothing. It's the pigment that's used in paint.

If the green compound isn't too thickly applied*, and if it's held to the leather by some sort of oil/wax binder, it shouldn't permanently stain jeans much, if at all. I say this, because the belt I wear every day (with jeans) has green compound applied to a ~12" section of the inner (sueded) side. I used dry powdered compound (from a lapidary supply shop), and bound it to the leather with just some mineral oil-based hand lotion rubbed on after applying the compound, which really has done a good job keeping the 'green' on the leather, and not so much on my jeans' waistband. There was a little compound 'rub-off' to the denim early on, but regular laundering of the jeans has done a good job cleaning that up. As the belt/strop has been used more and the loosely-bound excess compound has been scrubbed off, it's really not an issue at all anymore. There's just a green 'tinge' left to the leather, and that's all that's needed for effective stropping.

* = The OP's picture might show it's a little heavy at the moment; some will likely rub off. Might scrub the leather with a dry paper towel, and remove most of the excess that isn't held tightly to the leather.


David

 

[stitchawl]

................I say this, because the belt I wear every day (with jeans) has green compound applied to a ~12" section of the inner (sueded) side. I used dry powdered compound (from a lapidary supply shop), and bound it to the leather with just some mineral oil-based hand lotion rubbed on after applying the compound, which really has done a good job keeping the 'green' on the leather,

And as a side benefit, has rubbed inches off your waistline! Well done!


Stitchawl

 

[kelbro]

If the green compound isn't too thickly applied*, and if it's held to the leather by some sort of oil/wax binder, it shouldn't permanently stain jeans much, if at all. I say this, because the belt I wear every day (with jeans) has green compound applied to a ~12" section of the inner (sueded) side. I used dry powdered compound (from a lapidary supply shop), and bound it to the leather with just some mineral oil-based hand lotion rubbed on after applying the compound, which really has done a good job keeping the 'green' on the leather, and not so much on my jeans' waistband. There was a little compound 'rub-off' to the denim early on, but regular laundering of the jeans has done a good job cleaning that up. As the belt/strop has been used more and the loosely-bound excess compound has been scrubbed off, it's really not an issue at all anymore. There's just a green 'tinge' left to the leather, and that's all that's needed for effective stropping.

* = The OP's picture might show it's a little heavy at the moment; some will likely rub off. Might scrub the leather with a dry paper towel, and remove most of the excess that isn't held tightly to the leather.


David

Interesting. I have it on the smooth side of my paddle strop and it seems to get everywhere! I can see that on the roughout side, it wouldn't likely be as much of a problem.

 

[thatsaknife]

It ia now part of the leather bieng on the rough side. I doubt i could get it out without a lot of scrapping and sanding

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

It ia now part of the leather bieng on the rough side. I doubt i could get it out without a lot of scrapping and sanding

Rub it with a paper towel. If it's well-adhered to the leather, you shouldn't see much green staining on the paper towel. If you don't see much of that, then you should be alright. If you do see some 'green' come off, keep rubbing with the paper towel until it's not removing much more, and you should be good to go.:thumbup: That's typically the treatment I've given to new green strops, as it's very easy to over-apply the compound (what looks like a little will go a long way), and a lot of it will come off one way or another, when the application is excessive.

If you're not too concerned about it getting on your jeans, then no need to worry about it anyway.


David

 

[thatsaknife]

I very seldom if ever hang it on my belt. Usually the sheath and knife are in my pocket or in my truck etc. Thats why im thinking af a small 3 inch knife with a simple pocket sheath as my next project