Leather Strop

Junkyard

Junkyard

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I have never used one, but I want to try. I was wondering, can any one direct me to a website or link about stropping blades. Also, where can I get a Strop and any other necessary equipment? Is the edge that much better when the blade has been stropped?

Thanks in advance,
Jason
 
Try these guys, I just got a smooth leather hone from them, and it works much better than a free hanging razor strop. They threw in some chromium oxide powder too.

Leather takes the micro serrations and scratches out of the edge and gives it a near mirror polished surgical type finish.

Hand American smooth leather hones
 
Ive made my own out of 8oz leahter. you can buy one at www.knifecenter.com they sell a few different ones, plus the conditioner, and also compound. I bought one there a while back for 26 dollars I believe.
do a search on stropping you'll find quite a few links!!!

....and yes you can get a razor edge with a strop without taking alot of metal off!!! makes your blades last much, much longer.

hope this helps some!!:)
 
I may be a bit of an iconoclast here, but I took an old belt, and cut it in half. Each half was then tucked tight around a piece of scrap wood and fastened, leaving 12" or so of the inside of the belt exposed. Laded up with stropping compound, they seem to work pretty well, and th total cost was the compound from sears.

Maybe a fancy strop would work better, but this was pretty cheap to try.
 
During the 40's and 50's it was very common to strop blades on your boot-tops or shoes. Keep in mind footware was made from real leather back then.
 
I have an old leather strop mounted on a piece of wood...my dad has had it for years.

I've been using it w/o any paste because I don't have any.

You can get it at Sears? What department? I would rather be armed with this knowledge than rely on any salesperson:footinmou :rolleyes:

:)
Warthog
 
I gotta admit, I learned about these on Bladeforums.

In sears the buffing wheel compound works well, I've picked up fine buffing compound from a variety of hardware stores, look for jewelers rouge, or read the descriptions on the buffing wheel compound for the finer polishing stuff.
 
manowar, from more abrasive to less abrasive...red, green, white. White is really just for polishing. Green is a better choice if you want some cutting action. Lee Valley sells the green, their own brand, and it does the job. Big D1
 
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