Hey maintenancers!
I got my hands on a hanging strop from Brommeland Gunleather to try out. I’ve never used a hanging strop before but I liked the idea of it to help teach my son and also to try something new for myself.
The strop came bare (not preloaded, though you can get it loaded if you want) and I loaded it with white and green compound. White on the rough side and green on the smooth.
It comes with attachment methods on both sides. One side has a nice chord wrap while the other has an even longer length of parachord and a carabiner.
Per usual with Brommeland Gun Leather products, the quality is outstanding!!!
Now onto using it to teach my boy about stropping. Ivan is 9 years old and has just really begun to gain a real interest in maintenance of his blades (Dad’s influence but also his own desire). He hasn’t worked up to sharpening yet because he said he doesn’t feel comfortable. I decided to just move him forward in stropping to help him gain some confidence. I reassured him that any errors in stropping on some fine compound wouldn’t be damaging at all and he can start learning to feel and listen to the blade as he strops (I think feel and sound are important).
You can see that the hanging strop allows him freedom to position himself and the knife in ways that a block strop would be hard to do in inexperienced hands.
Do you think it’s a good idea to let him learn this way? Will muscle memory not be good to translate to block strops and sharpening later? I don’t think it will hurt but figured I’d ask here to see yalls opinions, and to share my strop.
I got my hands on a hanging strop from Brommeland Gunleather to try out. I’ve never used a hanging strop before but I liked the idea of it to help teach my son and also to try something new for myself.
The strop came bare (not preloaded, though you can get it loaded if you want) and I loaded it with white and green compound. White on the rough side and green on the smooth.
It comes with attachment methods on both sides. One side has a nice chord wrap while the other has an even longer length of parachord and a carabiner.
Per usual with Brommeland Gun Leather products, the quality is outstanding!!!
Now onto using it to teach my boy about stropping. Ivan is 9 years old and has just really begun to gain a real interest in maintenance of his blades (Dad’s influence but also his own desire). He hasn’t worked up to sharpening yet because he said he doesn’t feel comfortable. I decided to just move him forward in stropping to help him gain some confidence. I reassured him that any errors in stropping on some fine compound wouldn’t be damaging at all and he can start learning to feel and listen to the blade as he strops (I think feel and sound are important).
You can see that the hanging strop allows him freedom to position himself and the knife in ways that a block strop would be hard to do in inexperienced hands.
Do you think it’s a good idea to let him learn this way? Will muscle memory not be good to translate to block strops and sharpening later? I don’t think it will hurt but figured I’d ask here to see yalls opinions, and to share my strop.
