Swap axe for a little bit of leather

[urbansurvivor]

I am offering a run of the mill axe, nothing special, still in good working order and any one with some polishing and buffing skills could get it looking like new, no dinks taken out of the blade, the handle is some sort of heavy duty plastic affair that is hollow

im not describing this as a bush craft axe, more something to chop some wood up and leave stuck in your chopping log in the garden

the axe is good but im just not in need of it, I have a proper bushy version

what I am in need of though is a small piece of leather for making a knife strop out of, I have tried to find the type of leather they use but cannot figure out the right sort. the 2 bits I have brought that had the description of what I thought I needed turned out to be no good for taking the starky blue compound I use. so I really don't know anything about leather and im a bit out of my depth

the axe looks a bit like this one, but I will point out that is NOT gerber, that im sure of, but the handle and the axe head are set up the same as this

il try get my own pic on here if I can get my camera working again, it took a trip off the side of my kayak and isn't working too great

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Once again this is NOT the axe, but very similar

 

[nephilim]

I have some scraps of which I've used for strops. I'd be willing to do a deal.

 

[DaveBromley]

I would also be happy to do a deal if nephilim is unable to complete

Dave

 

[urbansurvivor]

fellas this sounds great and im more than willing to go ahead with a deal but im having problems trying to pm you, am I doing something wrong? are you pm boxes empty?

 

[nephilim]

Try now. I'll get a picture for you tonight so you can choose some strips if you can get a picture for me of the axe

 

[urbansurvivor]

just needs a clean and polish, ive sharpened this to razor edge on my water stones and il give it a bit of a clean before sending, the marks are basically just dirt, sap and wood

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[urbansurvivor]

Traded thanks

 

[urbansurvivor]

Well, the leather failed to materialise, so I have paid for someone else to have my axe, brilliant stuff, the post office seem to have lost the leather that I was told was sent out to me, which is believable given the service most of us get, but unbelievably the second bit that was meant to be being sent hasn't happened either, so the need for what I now know is a small piece of veg tan leather is still going, is there anyone out there that thinks they have got a small bit and might need something as part of a swap that might have a bit more luck in getting the leather to me? tell me what you looking for and il see if I have anything that suits

Thanks

 

[nuggets]

send it recorded delivery , they may tax the sender a bit more £££ but its sure to arrive

 

[nephilim]

Send me your address. I'll send you some strips I have. Not veg tanned but reasonable for stropping.

 

[Stew]

What size do you actually want?

Seems a bit poor to see you out of pocket so lets see what can be done.

 

[urbansurvivor]

pmd you guys, thank you very much