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Spendur is right: just a bit damp, not soaking wet. Wetness is meant to dissipate the heat of the iron, not to soak the leather. Done it a few times on several strops (latigo, Kanayama): never had...

Put the strop in a folded damp cloth, take an iron, put the dial on the wool position and iron it out. Works a treat, unless there are cracks in the leather. If the damp cloth leaves some stains on...