Would this be suitable leather for Strops?

For about the same price you could buy a nice piece of horse hide for some of the finest bare leather stropping.

Or

For about half the price you could buy bare or pre loaded Cow hide leather strips from a number of sharpening suppiers.

I would not recommend the belt leather, thinner and harder leather is preferred for strops.
 
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Hey Jason, thanks for your reply and pointing me to other favorable options. Without you and other experienced end users I would just go on Amazon like I did and just pick out any willy nilly piece of leather without giving it much thought.
 
Jason B. Jason B. - Would you have online sources for the Horsehide and Basswood? I looked at Midwest Products but their stock is pretty much sold out.
 
The wood you can get local and if you have a woodcraft nearby they have leather, wood, premade strops, compound, etc.

There is also sharpeningsupplies and chefknivestogo, my first stops when purchasing new products.
 
If you want to make a 'good' strop, start with good leather and process it correctly. Do a search here for 'casing leather,' spend an hour turning that leather into a good base to use either with or without compound. If you process the leather yourself, you can insure that you have the very best leather base possible, and it's easy enough to do.

With a 12"x12" piece of leather from Jantz Supply, you can make 3 or 4 12" strops.
http://www.knifemaking.com/product-p/ag512.htm

With the 5"x12" leather from Texas Knifemaker's Supply, you can make one or two very nice bench strops.
https://www.texasknife.com/vcom/pro...=2547&osCsid=988c2db5d74cbc8d7ba8b48917ca042d

Do not use thin leather unless it is rock hard. You'll wind up convexing your edges.


Stitchawl
 
Agreed with S stitchawl . I followed his casing process when I made a strop from a length of veg-tanned belt material I bought in person at my local Tandy Leather store. You need a rolling pin, a flat surface, and about 30 minutes or so. I also found a straightedge (thick yardstick) came in handy. I would push the leather up against it to re-straighten it, both sides, every so often during the rolling process.
 
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