Ebony & Aluminium Magnetic Bench Strop

Solid Aluminium Magnetic Paddle Strop c/w 2 No Stropping Panels

This is a high quality magnetic bench strop made from a base of solid aluminium billet, 4mm in thickness on top of a bed of solid ebony with ebony supports.  The overall length is about 300mm (varies slightly - each item is hand-made and is a one-off) by about 3" wide.  It is of very rugged construction and has a good, solid, sturdy feel to it.  The stropping height is about 50mm above the bench surface - it is a perfect height for me, but it could be propped up to make it higher, or even held in the hand.

The frame provides a good solid support, making it ideal for those who like to experiment with abrasive pastes.

The bench strop is fitted with a heavy duty magnetic panel - the panels measure 300mm x 70mm and take a variety of stropping panels, including those that fit the modular aluminium paddle strops I make.

It comes with the following panels:-

• vegetable-tanned cowhide (medium draw, easily adjusted with neatsfoot oil or yellow paste to make the draw heavier),
• 6mm thick hard wool felt - ideal for pastes and powders (ameliorates the effects of diamond pastes and sprays by giving a cushioning effect) or as an alternative to canvas,
• textured kangaroo hide - medium to light draw, and
• horse hide - very light draw.
  

There will be more stropping panels coming soon, including juchten, lower-draw latigo, hard mexican latigo, english bridle leather and undyed veg-tan buffalo - they will be listed here when available.

Please note that this is a hand-made product, made in England, and may have traces of handcrafting such as small tooling marks and other artefacts that you would normally associate with any hand-crafted item.  The Leather panels may have some small marks and blemishes, but these will not interfere with stropping.  The Hard Wool Felt is made from natural materials and may have some inclusions of darker colour.  The genuine linen panels are made from natural material that has fine wispy fibres protruding from the surface - these do not affect stropping.

Aluminium Magnetic Paddle Strop Pros:

• Easier for the novice to use - no need to worry about keeping it taut!
• More compact than a loom or a hanging strop, and extremely rugged and resilient.
• Ideal for pastes because it does not sag - sagging contributes to edge rounding.
• User can select a variety of different materials - effectively this kit is four strops in one, or two double strops.
• If a panel is damaged it is easily and cheaply replaced.
• Moisture will not warp it!

Please note that this is a hand-made product, made in England, and may have traces of handcrafting such as small tooling marks and other artefacts that you would normally associate with any hand-crafted item.  The leather stropping panels may have small marks, etc, but nothing that will affect stropping.  The hard wool felt has naturally occurring darker spots in it.

This is a heavy item and total packaged weight will be around 1.6kg