Documenting my homemade strop

[Convectuoso07]

I decided to make myself a strop. Here's some pics. The wood is 1x2 poplar (I think - it's been lying around for a while). The leather is a toolable bookmark I bought from Hobby Lobby @ $2.20 for 2.

I shaped the handle by hand with a rasp.

Here's the top view.

3/4 view

Side view

Here it is cut to length with some preliminary sanding done - next to my Izula of course!

And the leather strip set on top. This is not finished, just for reference. More to follow as I progress. I don't have course enough sandpaper yet as the rasp put some pretty deep gouges I'll have to sand down to. I'm considering staining the wood also.

 

[Obsessed with Edges]

That 'bookmark' leather actually looks thicker than I'd assumed it would be. Looks like it could work nicely for you. And the shaping of the board/handle is a lot more than I did with mine (mine are just 'blocks'). Looks like it'll be a comfortable grip.

Looks good! :thumbup:

 

[Any Cal.]

Nice job on the handle, I'm anxious to see how it turns out...especially if you stain it.

 

[sambo.]

nice.

i just used Araldite to glue a piece of leather to a 2"x4" block.