Hey all,
I hope I post this in the right section of the forum.
I've got a bit of a problem here.
I've got my great grandfather's strop, which is great and all. Though I have this problem which is rly bugging me and eating me up inside.
The linen (or whatever it is) is unraveling. With more use it seems to be unraveling more, where it used to be only 4 cm to 5 it is now up to 6cm. It seems to be more unraveling length-wise rather than width-wise.
I include pics as a link since they are kinda huge, quality isn't super, but I hope it is visible.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/875/unled2bi.png
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3707/unledagt.png
If anyone has any suggestions or whatnot, feel free to post and let me know, I'd like to know if it is possible to prevent it from further unraveling.
I was thinking about how to treat this, but I can't come up with anything good.
My best idea was to tape it from underneath with some sort tape or something on the part where it is unraveling and a little beyond it in the hope that it will prevent the strop from further unraveling.
So if anyone has any advice, any input, whatever it is greatly appreciated!
I currently use the old traditional natur strop for the leather and this one for the linen, but now with this issue I'm thinking about buying a new linen piece, altho I won't discuss this in this thread since it isn't the place for it.
Anyway thanks in advance!
Greets,
Jasper
I hope I post this in the right section of the forum.
I've got a bit of a problem here.
I've got my great grandfather's strop, which is great and all. Though I have this problem which is rly bugging me and eating me up inside.
The linen (or whatever it is) is unraveling. With more use it seems to be unraveling more, where it used to be only 4 cm to 5 it is now up to 6cm. It seems to be more unraveling length-wise rather than width-wise.
I include pics as a link since they are kinda huge, quality isn't super, but I hope it is visible.
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/875/unled2bi.png
http://img69.imageshack.us/img69/3707/unledagt.png
If anyone has any suggestions or whatnot, feel free to post and let me know, I'd like to know if it is possible to prevent it from further unraveling.
I was thinking about how to treat this, but I can't come up with anything good.
My best idea was to tape it from underneath with some sort tape or something on the part where it is unraveling and a little beyond it in the hope that it will prevent the strop from further unraveling.
So if anyone has any advice, any input, whatever it is greatly appreciated!
I currently use the old traditional natur strop for the leather and this one for the linen, but now with this issue I'm thinking about buying a new linen piece, altho I won't discuss this in this thread since it isn't the place for it.
Anyway thanks in advance!
Greets,
Jasper