Originally Posted by
noobs
I have a leather / poly strop from whipped dog. It has some "sticky" spots in it. Wondering is this normal for leather? is it part of the breaking in? how do you tell what type of draw a leather strop is going to have? the poly strop has what I would say is next to zero draw, which at this point i prefer, but there are some spots on the leather strop which have light draw, but the spots of heavy or "sticky" draw really throw me off. I know hitting it with neatsfoot isn't the right move, but is there way to encourage the break in or conditioning of the strop or does it just take time?
thanks gents!