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I think there's a fairly large difference between the old strops. I've seen some that are pretty much black with razor residue. I don't have a great picture of mine, but I snapped it with my camera...

I suppose it's sort of like a pasted strop, but the linen is fairly hard and stiff and at the same time the abrasive is a lot more gentle than aluminum oxide, iron oxide or chromium oxide (and by...

My advice would be to get one of the vintage linens that say "silk finish" on them. There was just one on ebay today....it, uh...someone purchased it :p They are difficult to find sometimes in NOS...