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For what it's worth, I never identified the vendor in my original or any subsequent posts. I did receive a helpful email from him, after he'd read my post here, specifying Malm's carnuaba wax, which...

Thanks Lynn,

Duck, chicken, or pheasant schmaltz? Since these are all organic solutions, I'll try one!

Thanks to everyone who's replied. Onimaru said it best, I think: why mess with a strop that's working so well? So, yeah, I'm just doing the hand treatment and enjoying the ride. It's hard to believe...

Nope, I'm not putting anything on it. And I'm glad I double-checked on the vendor's instructions.

Thanks, everyone. I suppose if this leather was shoes I'd be treating it differently, but it's not.

I stropped up a bunch of razors today, and it really is an improvement over the steerhide I've...

I just splurged on a 2" Horween leather horse shell Cordovan strop made by the Walkin Horse people, and the vendor recommended I polish it with something like turtle wax. That seems like very strange...