Mike G
Petrified Pine
The old one was quite big, but it's all cut up, and the edges are worn out. Time for a new one. The timing was mainly down to the fact that my tin of stropping compound just ran out:
It's just a bit of wood with some leather glued and stapled on (split side up):
With a couple of locating pins on the underside:
The change was necessary because not only was the old leather worn out, but I also couldn't begin to think about how nasty the mixture of T Cut and my new stropping compound would be:
Just a tip: don't use quite that much stropping compound. It can make a bit of a mess.
All packed away: