Members Sanch Posted January 14, 2018 Members Report Posted January 14, 2018 14 hours ago, bikermutt07 said: That is pretty neat. I bet you or @Sanch could make that pretty easy. Yea that's easy enough to make, and I almost made one when I was forging my own straight razors, but no sense in doing such. Here is the one that I made specifically for everything that I sharpen. I no longer use the cut throats so the strop is in my leather working area one side is grain side up which never gets used as this side was for straight razors alone. The other side is plain and simple. I do not like the way that a 7 to 8 oz piece of leather can roll your Edge. So after much research I used a piece of duck canvas, when sharpening the straight razors this side was used just prior to polishing the edge on the leather side. Here is a picture of the canvas side which is mostly used. The canvas is attached to a cheap piece of straight Poplar.also when it gets "loaded" as you see the center portion of mine is you can scrape it clean using a "junk" knife like my Tandy skiver. This would destroy the leather it doesn't phase the canvas just cleans it so you can reload your rouge... so IMHO canvas is so much better... oh and for the record fire hose is by far superior than duck canvas but its unavailability to me prevented its use. Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 14, 2018 Report Posted January 14, 2018 37 minutes ago, Sanch said: Yea that's easy enough to make, and I almost made one when I was forging my own straight razors, but no sense in doing such. Here is the one that I made specifically for everything that I sharpen. I no longer use the cut throats so the strop is in my leather working area one side is grain side up which never gets used as this side was for straight razors alone. The other side is plain and simple. I do not like the way that a 7 to 8 oz piece of leather can roll your Edge. So after much research I used a piece of duck canvas, when sharpening the straight razors this side was used just prior to polishing the edge on the leather side. Here is a picture of the canvas side which is mostly used. The canvas is attached to a cheap piece of straight Poplar.also when it gets "loaded" as you see the center portion of mine is you can scrape it clean using a "junk" knife like my Tandy skiver. This would destroy the leather it doesn't phase the canvas just cleans it so you can reload your rouge... so IMHO canvas is so much better... oh and for the record fire hose is by far superior than duck canvas but its unavailability to me prevented its use. Wow canvas huh? I got a whole yard of canvas. I also have some scrap from my Carhartt overalls. Would this be better than the regular canvas? Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Sanch Posted January 14, 2018 Members Report Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) 42 minutes ago, bikermutt07 said: Wow canvas huh? I got a whole yard of canvas. I also have some scrap from my Carhartt overalls. Would this be better than the regular canvas? Either or will work fine, try them both see which one works better for you. The best advice that I can give you in this area is to use at least a 24 in Long strop backer "plank" preferably a hardwood. No pine.....You want your working surface to be at least 18 in Long. Edited January 14, 2018 by Sanch Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 14, 2018 Report Posted January 14, 2018 Got it. Thanks @Sanch. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Dun Posted January 16, 2018 Members Report Posted January 16, 2018 On 1/14/2018 at 6:38 AM, Sanch said: piece of leather can roll your Edge. can you go further into what that means? Thanks! Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Posted January 16, 2018 1 hour ago, Dun said: can you go further into what that means? Thanks! When stropping a convex edge, the more the stropping material dips down the more it will push your cutting edge away from center. Too much pressure and the edge can actually roll over on to the other side of the blade. I have never had this happen. I use really light pressure when stropping. Pretty much just the weight of the blade. This is what I was talking about way up top about sharpening getting really technical really quick. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Sanch Posted January 17, 2018 Members Report Posted January 17, 2018 (edited) 5 hours ago, Dun said: can you go further into what that means? Thanks! Sorry for slow reply 4 hours ago, bikermutt07 said: When stropping a convex edge, the more the stropping material dips down the more it will push your cutting edge away from center. Too much pressure and the edge can actually roll over on to the other side of the blade. I have never had this happen. I use really light pressure when stropping. Pretty much just the weight of the blade. This is what I was talking about way up top about sharpening getting really technical really quick. Exactly what @bikermutt07said but it can happen on any blade not just a convex (Appleseed) edge. And he is very right It can get technical quick! Edited January 17, 2018 by Sanch Quote
bikermutt07 Posted January 17, 2018 Report Posted January 17, 2018 @Sanch I never let it get too technical. Quote I'm not paying 80 bucks for a belt!!! It's a strip of leather. How hard could it be? 4 years and 3 grand later.... I have a belt I can finally live with. Stitching is like gravy, it's only great if you make it every day. From Texas but in Bossier City, Louisiana.
Members Dun Posted January 17, 2018 Members Report Posted January 17, 2018 Is this roll easily visible once you've stopped too hard or something you have to learn by touch? Quote
Members JMcC Posted January 17, 2018 Members Report Posted January 17, 2018 Only if your eyes aren't as old as mine It is more felt than seen Dun...you can feel a slight burr or rough feeling on one side of the blade if it has rolled on you if that makes sense. Hope that helps. Quote
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