Originally Posted by Steve56 Possible, some strops are oil tanned and if you rub your hand on the strop, there's maybe 'fingerprint' oil on the surface. Cheers, Steve Yes the strop I used was a Scruppleworks oil tanned strop with flax linen and I rubbed it briskly before using like always
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