Busse Combat "air bleeder" strop???

[ddean]

Smooth side I think

The same reverse-threaded bolt/nut pair as the clamp
can to found in a common turnbuckle at most hardware/builder's stores

Like:

sizes from tiny to huge
various connector shapes at the ends of the bolts

put a 'cap' on each end for the sandpaper to bend around
then turn the body between the two bolts
to tighten {expand the assembly's length}


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[Bladite]

Make your own 'air bleeder strop'

you can make two for about $7 (+leather) & an hour labor

start with a wood wood-clamp
[f'rinstance]

http://www.coastaltool.com/cgi-http://www.widgetsupply.com/page/WS/PROD/SDA2-TZ7904
these already have opposing 'nuts' on each bolt/threaded-rod
Buy an offbrand version for ~$6 on sale [12" size]
maybe twice that price regularly

simplest---
take out the 'bolt' on the square end
insert thru end holes in leather
reinsert screw into clamp
strop on.

very cool

bladite

 

[Maqua]

My barber is a Serbian man and got out of there to Canada as the war started. It wouldn't surprise me if he was ex-military as he has that rugged, fit look about him and dark, steely eyes. He still uses a straight razor and strops it on a leather strop attached to the wall by the chair. It always frightens me to death, so much so I stop breathing when he does my neck and sideburns I said to him once, "I have one of those, brand new in the box. It was my dads, but am too frightened to use it". His answer was "leave it to the professionals, they do a lot of damage". Good advice. I imagine him slitting throats at a previous time. He is a proper barber and takes care of all the wayward hair you get past a certain age, eyebrows, nasal hair and those wispy bits that appear from your ears. I guess if it doesn't grow on the top of my head it has to come out somewhere.

I mentioned to an uncle one time that a sure sign you have gotten old is when the barber asks you if you would like your eyebrows/ear/nose hair trimmed. My uncle said no, it is when they do it automatically that you are officially old.

 

[Nasty]

...and on that, off to the Cantina with this one.

 

[Bladite]

I have a German made Jemico strop that is very similar.

One side is green chrome and the other side just leather.

I have a belt sander, but I never use it because this strop is so fine

I can cut a sheet of sandpaper short side and it lays right over the strop.

I can loosen it up for steep edges and tighten it for flatter edges. It's awesome! Can't reccomend it enough, it's a bit cheaper than the Busse, but the Busse looks bigger:

http://www.knifecenter.com/kc_new/store_detail.html?s=J42

cool - i'm trying to make one as a project/hack. we'll see what turns up in a few days or week.

bladite

 

[Mr.BadExample]

I have a handamerican block strop, one side loaded with green rouge, the other smooth.
I missed a spot with my Schick quattro the other morning, so I went to the washroom at work with my Ed Caffrey EBK wharncliffe, a little soap and water, and finished up. One of these days I'll switch to a straight razor and brush.
Safety razors are just so quick and easy, like everything else these days.