- First "I'll take it" posted in this sale thread followed by PM or e-mail gets it.
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Not achieving desired results with these (undoubtedly due to user skill level rather than product quality!) so off they go...
Knives Plus Strop Block 2 1/2" x 8"
From the vendor's description:
"KNIVES PLUS ® Leather strops are the best thing in the world for finishing the edge of your knife. Here in Texas, saddle and boot makers use them everyday to put that slick edge on their leather working knives.
Our strops won't cost you a fortune and should last you the rest of your life if properly cared for. We manufacture these here in the KNIVES PLUS ® shop and have experimented for about 10 years to come up with the finest finishing tool available.
We hand pick leather from a little home owned leather supplier here in Amarillo. We have found that a good quality chap leather is the best.
Chaps are the soft leather that Cowboys wear over their Levi's to keep the Mesquite bush thorns and prickly pear cactus from eating their legs up. It's soft but tough.
We use contact cement to glue this leather down to a 2 1/2" X 8" (approximately) particle board base. When the glue is dry, we raise the leather's nap by scraping with a razor blade to allow the polish to penetrate the leather and give it a "bite" when used.
Next, we melt down a high chrome rouge in olive oil until it is the consistency of thick vasoline. We smear and work this preparation into the leather surface with a hard rolled shop rag until the surface of the strop is thoroughly saturated and coated. Then we let the polish sink in and set for two days under low heat.
Finally, we rescrape the surface of the strop to remove excess polish and reset the nap. We run the edges of the base on a Burr King grinder to smooth and round the sides for comfortable use, and remove the green polish that gets on everything.
Remember these strops are hand made and are not the prettiest things in the world. They are also subject to the availability of the right piece of chap leather, and making them depends on what materials are available.
We use particle board base material. Width may vary from to 2"-2 1/2" and length may vary from 7"-8". Leather color may vary from cream color to dark brown which will affect the color of the finished product. Each strop is hand checked for "nap and grab" before being packaged."
Used a handful of times, surface is level with no cuts or gouges. Never restored the surface using the dab of olive oil treatment that KP suggests.
CKTG Bare Horse Butt Strop 3" x 8"
From the vendor's description:
"Horse butt offers several advantages over cow leather for strops. The tight grain structure and minimal fat allow for the type of processing that enhances the ability of the hide to affect blade steel. While bovine does not lend itself to the same type of processing as horse butt a good bark tanned hide will work well with either dry or wet (paste) compounds . Some bovine may work well on its own without compound - its a good thing to try while the leather is new and clean. A smooth surface isnt as important as one might think, a little character in the grain actually helps. What you have after processing horse is a relatively flat honing surface with a tight, accentuated top grain. This comes with a magnetic backing attached so you can use it on anything metalic to stick to the strop."
Used just a few times. Worked a dab of Fromm Strop Dressing into it once. Came to me with a couple small surface blemishes (one small nick that can be seen near the center in pics) and a very small ridge in the surface. Neither seem to affect usage. Magnetic backing, fits great on DMT 3x8 stones. Includes a full bottle of Fromm Strop Dressing (minus the couple drops used for a single application).
Asking $25 shipped CONUS for everything (both strops and the bottle of dressing) **SOLD**
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