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Yup. Just mix up your lather as you would for your face, but then apply it to the strop. You want to make sure to get an even coating, so that it all dries in the same amount of time.

Well, I gave it the lather treatment and that did indeed soften it up a bit as well as give it more grab. I was really surprised how easy the dry lather came off, it just flaked away with the...

I've been working the bottle on the strop for about 30 minutes, which removed a lot of the cupping. The worst part is right by the handle, and it seems to be more resistant to the bottle than the...

Thanks for the wiki link. I think I need to treat my strop a bit and get it flatter. I'm going to give it a good hand rubbing and try the glass bottle technicque

I'm not talking about holding it taut, but width wise I don' think my strop is flat. In some spots the edges seem to raise a little higher than the center. Since I'm not putting any pressure on the...