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Old 10-26-2013, 09:54 PM
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Trying to find a good thick peice of hard leather. About 4x10 inches would be nice. I don't want treated or softened in any way. It's for making a strop to sharpen knives. I tried to find some through halffords on line and ended up with a thin soft flimsy thing. Anyone know where I could get some on line?
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Old 10-26-2013, 09:58 PM
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Trying to find a good thick peice of hard leather. About 4x10 inches would be nice. I don't want treated or softened in any way. It's for making a strop to sharpen knives. I tried to find some through halffords on line and ended up with a thin soft flimsy thing. Anyone know where I could get some on line?
Glue them to a wooden paddle and done. Load the leather with a bit of jewellers rouge to hasten the process. Or you could just use a newspaper laid out on a table top, works just as well.
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Old 10-26-2013, 10:38 PM
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Trying to find a good thick peice of hard leather. About 4x10 inches would be nice. I don't want treated or softened in any way. It's for making a strop to sharpen knives. I tried to find some through halffords on line and ended up with a thin soft flimsy thing. Anyone know where I could get some on line?
lee valley actually sells a strop on a hardwood board , works great and is not that expensive
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Tandy leather would have what you want. Probably have lots of stuff you didn't know you wanted too!
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Tandy leather would have what you want. Probably have lots of stuff you didn't know you wanted too!
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http://www.tandyleatherfactory.com/e...raps.aspx?pg=2

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Old 10-27-2013, 10:39 AM
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X2 on lee valley double sided strop love it great for finishing
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Old 10-27-2013, 10:45 AM
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Growing up in the fifties my mother had a leather strop they used for sharpening razors. When she put us over her knee and gave us a few wallops with that strop it sure hurt. Learned to behave.
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Old 10-27-2013, 10:49 AM
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I'll pick up the one from lea valley, thanks!
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Old 10-27-2013, 10:51 AM
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Tandy has them on wood, and the leather as well.
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Old 10-27-2013, 11:56 AM
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An old leather belt works too
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Old 10-27-2013, 01:33 PM
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An old leather belt works too
That's all Ive ever used. Works fine.
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Old 10-27-2013, 02:57 PM
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I've been using the Lee Valley strop for about 10 years now. I love it. Just got a nice hunting knife made of D2 steel - interested to find out if it will do much on that stuff. Wow is it hard!
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I've been using the Lee Valley strop for about 10 years now. I love it. Just got a nice hunting knife made of D2 steel - interested to find out if it will do much on that stuff. Wow is it hard!

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