Made my first leather strop!!! And I have a question.

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Everything went well exept for some reason, the ends did not stick. I used rubber cement like Knifenut1014 recommended. The main problem is with the right end in the picture. The closest corner didn't glue. Could I just put some more rubber cement on it?

Other than that, I was super pleased with how it came out. It looks to be very flat. Not perfect but good enough. I need to rub a little lexol in and apply compound!

Thanks to all the people who helped with this. Special mention goes to Stitchawl for the leather casing instructions and Knifenu1014 for the way to make the strop.
 
I make a lot of strops and I have always used contact cement and clamped tehm down for 24 hours.

Not saying it is the right way but just what I have had success with.
 
Might not need to worry about it at all, if it's just a very short portion of the end, or a corner. I have at least a couple or three similar strops that have lifted corners on them, and they've never been an issue. With a bench-sized strop like this, I'd likely be stopping the stroke and lifting the blade before getting that close to the end anyway. The greater risk is running the blade off the end of the strop, which may damage your edge if it smacks the table/bench under the block.

BUT, if you do still want to stick it down tight, the advice offered by mr2blue is good. A little more adhesive under the leather, and then clamp it, or weight it down with a stack of books or whatever.


David
 
I think it has extended to the whole end. I think I am going try to reglue it.
I think I will weight the next strop down with books. I always knew that set of encyclopedias would be good for something...
 
Squashfan said:
I think it has extended to the whole end. I think I am going try to reglue it.
I think I will weight the next strop down with books. I always knew that set of encyclopedias would be good for something...
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My parents have a complete set of World Book Encyclopedias, published back in the early '60s. I remember doing writing/research assignments in grade school (40+ years ago) based on material found in them. As time goes on, and I've periodically gone back and leafed through them, it's an eye-opener how much of the 'facts' published back then have been 'revised' or maybe even refuted since then; with some subjects, no such thing as 'political correctness' then, either. And the illustrations and photos tend to look more like historical artifacts, which is sometimes hilarious. I'm beginning to see some value in them again, other than for paperweights or bookshelf-fillers. :D


David
 
Mine are World Book as well. '85 edition. I haven't opened them since I got out of high school but they look nice on the book shelf. Gives the room a very "library" feel and make people think I am smart...:D
 
Clamp or place a heavy weight on the lifted/unglued area and allow to dry.
I use whatever glue I have on hand. I used Liquid Nails and placed a piece of wood on each side clamping the whole shebang until the glue dried. Left it overnight. Right and tight the next day and every day thereafter...
 
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