So I have bids out on a swatty and I'm ordering chromium oxide for finishing.

Meanwhile I was so obsessed with correcting the lifting of the spine from the strop, I accidentally stropped edge first and 'skinned' a few millimeters of latigo off. How embarrassing. I hope the edge is ok, I'm not sure but I think I see a slight mar, I wish I had a jewlers loop! I stropped a bunch more times...I guess my face will find out tomorrow. My poor strop looks like it's been in a knife fight