Razor strop fungus

[nevetsjc80]

I have just got a large Razor strop fungus to make a razor strop. Might sound like a stupid question, but i take it its just a case of drying it, cutting in into a rectangle and gluing in to a board?

steve

 

[Kepis]

that's all i did, works a treat

 

[Sean Hellman]

I have made a couple. Dried the fungus first and then cut with a saw. I was not too impressed with them as they seemed too soft with too much give in them. I think they were 5 mm thick, 65mm by 100mm
I can not remember where, but I am sure I read that they were often pressed, after being cut.

Kepis how did you cut yours and how thick and what size?

 

[Kepis]

I have made a couple. Dried the fungus first and then cut with a saw. I was not too impressed with them as they seemed too soft with too much give in them. I think they were 5 mm thick, 65mm by 100mm
I can not remember where, but I am sure I read that they were often pressed, after being cut.

Kepis how did you cut yours and how thick and what size?

Here you go Sean, this is one i made to go in my travelling carving kit

it measures 9mm thick, 35mm wide by 95mm long, it's got the feeling of, how can i put it, a Staedtler pencil eraser?.

Mark

 

[Totumpole]

Cheers guys - just came across one at the weekend and wasn't sure to dry it or not before cutting.
I suppose you could always press it under some massive books or pile of magazines to compress it.
How did you cut yours Mark?

 

[Kepis]

How did you cut yours Mark?

Just with a regular blade, think i used a Mora, and a metal rule to i got a straight edge

 

[JEckert]

I had never heard of this fungus before now. What is its name and where is it found? etc.

Thanks

 

[toilet digger]

birch polypore, can be used a tinder when dry too. apparently they are edible when young as well.

 

[Totumpole]

I was really struggling to get a good smooth even surface for stropping. Tonight i came to realize that all it takes is a nice level surface and some sandpaper. Dont know why i didnt think of it sooner!