To make a selvagee strop fix two bolts, nails or hooks at a distance apart equal to the length of the strop required, and pass roundabout turns with a ball of spunyarn, taking care to have every turn well taut; when the strop is of the thickness required marl it down with a series of marling hitches.
Ukwenza ilahleko yethwathwa yanele uxabo olubini, ukakisho mgama ukwahlula ulingano bobude bethwathwa elikhoyo, dlulisa ngokujikeleza uyijije ngokulungisa umsonto, uyijonga usenza kakuhle ujijo oluqinileyo xa ithwathwa lityebile nyusa imarlin.