I stayed up a little later last night and spent some time with the new (old) strop to get it back in working condition, as it seemed to be really important that I do that. So after a lot of cleaning, washing, sanding, pressing and oiling I've got a new strop. I cleaned a lot of gunk out of the linen strop. It's still stained and discolored, but it's not cardboard-stiff anymore. I straightened it out a bit too. The leather strop was sanded down, 95% of the marks came off of it and it's one of the smoothest pieces of leather I've ever felt. It sucked up the mineral oil I applied like you wouldn't believe, so I hope I didn't over-oil it. I don't think I did, but it's certainly supple soft and smooth.

Tonight I plan on giving it a lap or two (no more) on the barber hone just to refresh, followed by 100 on the linen and another hundred on the leather.