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Genuine Horse Butt Strops? #249221 10/18/08 01:54 AM
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Anyone use the ones found on the Tools For Working Wood website. Just picked up a pair. I like my strops wide, thick and long because I am a lazy stropper and am looking for as few passes as possible to get my stuff sharp. Currently using a Fehrman strop and while it works great with black and green, I was looking for something different to compare it to. How has it held up and any other suggestions on a fat piece of honing leather?

Re: Genuine Horse Butt Strops? [Re: adamlau] #249222 10/18/08 05:33 AM
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I have never used that particular strop before, but it should work very well. Generally speaking most of the best leather strops are made from horsehide rather than cowhide. Horsehide is very dense and non-porous making it much more durable than cowhide. The top of the line horsehide strops are made from what is called "shell" horsehide. The shell of the horse is the subcutaneous layer of tissue and muscle below the hide.

The strops you purchased were made from the "butt" and will be from the toughest part of the horsehide and of excellent quality leather. they should work well and last a lifetime if taken care of.


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Re: Genuine Horse Butt Strops? [Re: Tolly] #249223 10/18/08 11:54 PM
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Thanks, Tolly. Good info to know. Google was not helpful in finding a distributor for shell horsehide strops. Anyone know of a good, reliable source?

Re: Genuine Horse Butt Strops? [Re: adamlau] #249224 10/19/08 12:48 AM
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Here you go http://www.kramerleather.com/productDetail.cfm?productID=26&categoryID=30 These are the ones I use and they are Primo!


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Re: Genuine Horse Butt Strops? [Re: Tolly] #249225 10/19/08 12:51 AM
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I thought you were talking about a whip for stropping the horses Butt while he is alive.


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Re: Genuine Horse Butt Strops? [Re: Unsub] #249226 10/19/08 01:10 AM
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And now I find out after all these years that being called a horses butt is a compliment! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> I'm fine leather! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />


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Re: Genuine Horse Butt Strops? [Re: Kraz] #249227 10/19/08 05:05 AM
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"A must for the serious knife aficionado" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> . And you can order custom lengths, awesome. I think I need some of their horsehide belts as well. Curious as to whether the small Tek-Lok fit on their 1/4" double thick horsehide belts...


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