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My Italian barber once told me to put shaving lather on an old dried out strop he gave me-it seemed to make it less beef-jerky like, but I'm not sure if that applies to a new strop and he's out of...

Thanks for the quick response. I will try "palm oil" as suggested, certainly easy to do and inexpensive.

I have a relatively new Ill 361 strop. The canvas stropping is no problem. The leather side feels like it's almost
too smooth, like there's not enough drag. I think it's too hard. Does it just need...