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PuFFaH,

Excellent info. Thank you. This sheds a great deal of light on how the wax was prepared and applied.

I imagine the parafin / turp mixture could also be used without abrassive agent,...

Forget the doctor bro...there aint no cure for this, believe me :gth

Maybe we need a new forum, SRA (Straight Razors Anonymous) :o

Scott

Did a google search for hemp strop and found this:

http://www.scherenprofi.com/index.html?rasierzubehoer___shave_accessories.htm

The item "noble russian" is claimed to use a hemp strop.

I went back to the US Patent site to review info on strops. According to one inventor, the purpose for wax on the linen strop was to give it a smooth glossy surface and to prevent the absorption of...

I don't see why you couldn't try that. At least now you know how to get it off of your strop if you want. Maybe you will discover something new. Just for instance, I found a registered patent for a...

icecow, don't sweat this. Just use your strop as is and see how it goes. For now just make sure it's flat. Wet a thin towel or dish cloth, wring it out, place your strop under the damp cloth and iron...

A lot of old barber linen strops were waxed or finished in some way. If you read some of the old barber catalogs they describe "prepared" "polished" and "filled" linen strops. I've also seen the...

Ok, someone hide the matches.....:D

On the other hand, maybe you want some absorption of the wax so only a certain amount is left in the strop. The patent article did mention something about a certain amount of skill required in waxing...

Here's my thought. This comes after doing some recent searching through the U.S. Patent and Trademark archives. I was searching "razor strop" and found patents for a bunch of ideas. I came across one...