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I haven't used those pastes, but if they have an abrasive too soft to tell that it's doing anything, that's probably accurate. The stickiness of the wax or whatever it is on this strop is pretty...

Update with the linen. For a while, I stuck to carbon steel razors because nearly my entire group of razor stones is natural stones with soft abrasive in them.

This hard linen with some kind of...

Aside from feeling like it's ripping the edge off the razor when you use it due to its stiffness, it works pretty well. As it gets more pliable and it's easier to get coverage of the edge, I'd guess...

One side comment, the strop itself was unused, it is incredibly good quality for what is probably just treated horsebutt and by the hardware on it, I'm assuming it was marketed toward home use (no...

It is so crispy and new, and I know that the person who sold me the strop as NOS had a bunch of true NOS stuff because it came in a wrapper that was absolutely falling apart (if you've ever ordered...

I went out of character and ordered a store-bought strop a couple of months ago, an unused illinois #226 - looks like horse butt (says genuine horsehide on it). Someone on ebay was selling a couple...