Whittling Stuff

Don't waste you're money buying a strop for honing your knives when you can make one in less than 20 mins from stuff around your house. Grab yourself an old leather belt, a flat length of wood, and some wood glue. As for the rest, just cut the wood to match the width and length of the belt (length is up to you) mine is roughly 8" long not including the handle (handle is optional as well as its not required but good if you want to hang it while not in use). Make sure to score the side of the wood accepting the leather with a knife, and lightly sandpaper the shiny side of the leather which will be glued to the scored surface of the wood, this so there is good adhesion between both surfaces. Then add the glue & line up the leather with the wood. You could also set a few heavy flat objects on top (I used blocks of wood) to ensure strong adhesion. Once glue has set you can cut any leather from the edges that may overhang, and if you added a handle take a file and add a smooth bevel to the edges for comfort.

That's it! Now step back & get ready to enjoy years of faithful service from an invaluable tool for a wood carver that you've created 💪 👍

Thanks for reading & happy whittling

Don't waste you're money buying a strop for honing your knives when you can make one in less than 20 mins from stuff around your house. Grab yourself an old leather belt, a flat length of wood, and some wood glue. As for the rest, just cut the wood to match the width and length of the belt (length is up to you) mine is roughly 8" long not including the handle (handle is optional as well as its not required but good if you want to hang it while not in use). Make sure to score the side of the wood accepting the leather with a knife, and lightly sandpaper the shiny side of the leather which will be glued to the scored surface of the wood, this so there is good adhesion between both surfaces. Then add the glue & line up the leather with the wood. You could also set a few heavy flat objects on top (I used blocks of wood) to ensure strong adhesion. Once glue has set you can cut any leather from the edges that may overhang, and if you added a handle take a file and add a smooth bevel to the edges for comfort.

That's it! Now step back & get ready to enjoy years of faithful service from an invaluable tool for a wood carver that you've created 💪 👍

Thanks for reading & happy whittling