Vehicle Seat Belt Strops

I may be stating the obvious here, but I just wanted to take a few moments to say that these need to cleaned before using as a razor strop. Vehicle seat belts collect tons of dust, dirt, and crumbs from all those Happy Meals. This crud has the potential to damage the fine edge we need for shaving, and scratch up your razor. Please take care with these. Vacum, wash, however it seems to work for you. Happy Shaving!

 

I really want to try one of these seat belt strops. There must be a good supply of them here in Bangkok because all the taxis have them cut out of the back seat.

 

They DO work. Just clean up carefully.

 

Just out of curiosity, Pam, where would you acquire one of these... or are there DIY instructions somewhere?

 

I asked my wife if she could help me sourse some used seatbelts here in Bangkok. She flat out refused to help me because there is a chance that someone could have died in the car they came from. I guess I have to wait until I go back to Australia for my holiday to get some.

 

A local salvage yard or body shop for used. I got mine from a buddy who runs a body shop from a car on it's way to the scrap yard. Some fabric stores sell new webbing (JoAnn's Fabrics comes to mind) 1 online source http://www.gotbelts.com/webbing.html and I'm sure there are others.

 

Are seatbelts good to use in a pinch or good to use period?

 

I used the diamond spray on one side of mine and use it in place of linen. I heat sealed the ends with my hobby torch, added a D-ring for holding it, and added a grommet and tie to hang it with. I use the vacum and washed, rinsed it well and hung it up to dry before applying the diamond spray.

 

Diamond spray sounds interesting where can that be found?

Issy

 

straight razor designs, is one source for the .25 micron diamond spray product. Regular strop paste could also be used. http://straightrazordesigns.com/ind...ath=37&zenid=aa8c9f605141d9f65f22e5f1b754510d

 

And that's used in place of a leather strop?

 

Ah, that's what I was wondering about.
I thought maybe it had a stiff backing of some sort.
Any pics?

 

I can't speak from experience, but I'm going with "in a pinch" (or for touch up if pasted), not daily use!

 

You are one Handy gal Ms Blackwolf!!! Very impressed!

This seems like a terrific idea! For pasting linens they should work quite well - makes a lot of sense. Cheap too - could have different micron pastes and a set of Strops!

Hmm, maybe I could try and pick some up from a Lamborghini for the Filarmonicas, Mercedes for the Bokers, RollsRoyce for the Wostenholms!! (Actually, I will probably go to the wrecker and grab the first K Car ones I find!)

Great idea. Are there other threads talking about this?? This is the first I have ever heard of this.

 

It won't be replacing my leather strop any time soon. It's been valuable to try different pastes and abrasive products to determine what works for me. Once you put a paste on a leather strop, I can't see how you'd get it back off if it wasn't working.

I don't think there has been much more than passing mention of the seat belt strop, Rocketman. It seemed a reasonable idea and has worked out well.

 

that's a good idea!

 

great,thanks

 

I new the old seat belt that I have had for 10 years would come in handy some time. great idea

 

I have asked my brother in-law if he would be able to get me some used seat belts. He owns a car parts business. So hopefully I will soon be able to make my own car seat belt strop. I wanted to ask, whe you fold the edge over to hold the D link, does the seat belt need to be sewn, or can I just melt it with a soldering iron? I also want to see if I can make my own D rings with a piece of thin bar and a blow torch. I have a month off work soon, so that should keep me occupied for a few weeks.

 

I sewed mine. I don't know if the soldering iron would work.