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I've made a number of strops and I've made two using the Tandy leather you mentioned. On both of them I ended up using 220 grit wet-or-dry sandpaper (used dry) to get rid of the glassy surface. One...

I'm sorry I failed to mention sandpaper in my first response, but I found that sandpaper actually works a little better than pumice because it's more uniform and it's easier to control the finish of...

I use a pumice stone that I bought at the nearest drugstore. You can find them in the foot-care section.

I've used pumice on strops that I then used just as they were, and I've used it on strops...