Thread: Storing a strop?

Hi all,
I'm getting really into SR shaving,
but I live together with some other ppl (read: students),
the annoying thing is, they touch all my stuff, my razors, my strop etc.
quite frankly I absolutely hate them doing this.
I tell and keep telling them please not to touch my stuff, they remember for 2 days and then seem to forget.
I'm storing my razors in a sort of bedside table now,
My question: can you safely store a strop in this same manner in a bedside table or should it be hanging up ? I know this is not an ideal situation.

Thanks for any advice,
I just can't bare the thought someone damaging my strop (including myself, since it's a nice vintage strop with a lot of emotional value to me)