I've been using a nice red latigo strop from Staright Razor Designs for a few weeks. I've treated it a few times with Williams' Mug Soap. It was really leaching a lot of red at first, i mistakenly used a white hand towel to wipe off the excess soap the first time, and boy was my wife mad!

So I only use paper towels to wipe it now, but it still leaves the paper red, wet or dry. And everytime I strop there is a dark red waxy gum that builds up on the spine.

is this normal?? or is it possible the tanning was done wrong? thanks.