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Check out my website: www.barefootleather.blogspot.com for more information! I know next to nothing about woodwork and only came to the forum to find people to collaborate with. The strops are a kind of by-product... Ideally I'd like to find a woodworker in the West Midlands / Shropshire who...

Here are my own strops (I told you I wasn't a woodworker!) - each is double sided. One is 3-4mm leather mounted onto 1/2" softwood and the other is 3-4mm leather onto a boxwood board. They work well for me but would the same design work for a woodworker? I use three grades of abrasive compound...

That looks very usable, Paul. Does the double thickness MDF base offer any advantages over a single thickness? Ray

Your best source for local (indigenous) hardwood at sensible prices IMHO is your local tree surgeon or forestry contractor. Be prepared to collect a whole tree trunk and get it planked; then you will need to put it 'in stick' and leave it to season so you need some storage space. You could...

What are the critical design features of a good leather tool sharpening strop? What is the ideal size for a leather tool sharpening strop? Single sided or double sided? Would it be best to mount a leather strop on a wooden base? I have a feeling that this is a personal decision thing so any...

In an ideal world, I would be able to order the wooden bits for my projects from the maker. This what I am hoping to do here. I am definitely NOT a woodworker and would like to collaborate with a number of woodworkers to produce a range of leather and wood items. I tend to work with heavier...

Thanks for the welcome and all the kind replies and suggestions - I'd be happy to make up a few strops but would appreciate a few clues on the sort you need. My own strops are 2 pieces of 3-4mm thick leather glued with contact adhesive to either side of a flat piece of wood. They measure about...

I am a Shropshire based leatherworker looking for ways to combine leather and wood to create finished saleable items and wondered if anyone had any good ideas. I currently make all kinds of leathergoods including leather tops for three legged stools (hopefully one of the members of this forum...

Many thanks, Pete. I have used the Association of Woodturners website before but didn't get much luck this time around. The truth is, this job is very simple and probably 'beneath' most of the woodturners on this site but I thought I would ask anyway. You never know, someone might want it...

I am a leatherworker based in Shropshire and I am looking for a wood turner to make a batch of turned wood legs for my leather-topped three legged stools - apparently I don't have anyone local to me that has a lathe big enough to deal with the length. I need 6 x sets of three 24" long x 1 1/4"...