Getting Stroppy!

[sparky415]

Ooops That leather isn't leather 

I was trying to strop a knife when the top surface came away from the bottom layer (it might be a very thin layer of leather) 
Its OK I thought to myself as I still have that big pink belt (strangely enough no one else wanted it)

I start cutting it up and....  Bugger that's made the same way (glad I didn't send it to Zed now!)

Luckily my favourite charity shop had another belt Its being glued on as we speak so there's  another WIP (work in progress) in my garage 

[ryan1835]

it must be that pleather stuff that leatherman use

[sparky415]

it must be that pleather stuff that leatherman use

  It annoyed me as I had wasted my time making it

live and learn I guess 

Hope the new one will last a bit longer, lol 

[sparky415]

Here's mark 2





 

[Neil]

Fingers crossed this time



but not whilst in use

[sparky415]

So far so good 

[prime77]

I made some new strops tonight and transformed my Insingo into a razor.











Hair doesn't stand a chance.

[sparky415]

They look great! 
What do you use on the leather as a polishing compound?

[Benner]

Please come over here and put an edge like that on my Sebbie 

[John]

Please come over here and put an edge like that on my Sebbie 

We could group send some over to him but I doubt we'd get them back through customs   

[sparky415]

Group buy to ship him over here? 

[prime77]

They look great! 
What do you use on the leather as a polishing compound?

I have been using white and green compound. But these were made for using DMT diamond paste.

[sparky415]

The 'micron' on the side makes sense to me now   

I've been using white compound on mine if anyone's interested

[sparky415]

I know my garage needs a tidy as I have not seen my strop for ages 

In my favorite charity shop I picked up a couple of leather belts so started making a new strop (thought I could try a different sharpening compound  maybe Autosol)
I put it to one side to fully dry

Then I Thought to myself "if a strop makes knives sharp a powered strop will do it better and quicker!" 
Mmmm took one of the cutouts from my sledge making project (on right)
Put a nut and bolt through the center

Glued on a bit of belt and wraped with white electrical tape to dry (on left)



And here it is in action 



My Opinal is pretty sharp now
So It does work  but I'm not sure about the outcome yet as its hard to be precise with the polishing angle 

I think I need to play more 

[50ft-trad]

I like it !