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Sears has it as well.
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How Many of You Cats Use a Strop? Let's See 'Em...
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use the Bark River Compounds from ksf.com
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I picked some up yesterday from Sears, but it was called Buffing Wheel Compound, and was near the dremel stuff. I guess there were grinders and stuff there too, but I really didn't pay much attention after I found what I was after.
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Cool - thanks guys.
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Beckerhead #42
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Beckerhead #42
I go to Amazon.com and buy Green Compound Oxide for $8. I use my strop daily on my edc blade and any others I use that day. I even pack the strop and compound with me on trips. At times, I'll also take a sheet of 1000 grit sand paper too.
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finally found some buffing compound
#3 and #4 the first is a cleaning compound and the second is a polishing compound....will go back later for the #5 which is supposed to be mirror polish
got all the stuff i need, and will get them ready the next day or two and will post pics
#3 and #4 the first is a cleaning compound and the second is a polishing compound....will go back later for the #5 which is supposed to be mirror polish
got all the stuff i need, and will get them ready the next day or two and will post pics
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here we go, first i bought an old 100% leather belt at a good will store. It was about 30 inches, but i didnt want to mess with the belt holes (and taking some advice from derek) i cut the belt into three 8 inch strips
then i found a wooden yard stake, it was cheap and it was the exact same width as the belt (1 1/2 inches) so i took a little hobby saw and sawed it into 8 inch wooden blocks
then i took some gorilla glue and glued the leather strips to the wooden blocks
so here are the pictures i promised
i still want to get the mirror polish compound (thats why i have 3rd strop for when i can go back and get it)
i cannot get my becker to shave arm hair (yet) but i can see a very noticable improvement in how sharp it is
i also notice that the strop is wearing the patina off...but it suppose thats to be expected
then i found a wooden yard stake, it was cheap and it was the exact same width as the belt (1 1/2 inches) so i took a little hobby saw and sawed it into 8 inch wooden blocks
then i took some gorilla glue and glued the leather strips to the wooden blocks
so here are the pictures i promised
i still want to get the mirror polish compound (thats why i have 3rd strop for when i can go back and get it)
i cannot get my becker to shave arm hair (yet) but i can see a very noticable improvement in how sharp it is
i also notice that the strop is wearing the patina off...but it suppose thats to be expected