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Very cool idea Richard, seems like a very good way to keep good tension while drying. Also would like to say that after the cleaning i used the Dovo white paste for linen and canvas. Seems to me...

i was afraid to leave the linen soaking overnight so that why it made sense to me about the carpet cleaner, because no soaking is involved,I understand your sig now.

So the previous owner used paste on the strop? like CroX!

The green paste like under the brass is "Vert de gris" its a green pigment that is formed naturally when brass is weathered and exposed to air over a period of time. Same for copper and bronze...

Yes just like mine, after cleaning i really ironed it really well and its holding fine.

It is not cotton cloth its Linen totally different.

Well this one had some lumps as well, after all the cleaning it was pretty soaked up but regular clothing iron would probably do the trick, it did for this one!

Have this old strop with a nice piece of linen but extremely dirty and probably full of metal particles. The linen is very nice and its actually a piece of tubing like a firehose. I was thinking to...