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JSmith's eperience suggests that long term storage in chrome tanned leather would damage steel so I wouldn't take the chance unless someone who knows leather better than I do said it was OK. ...

That's not a concern with strops. Two of the most popular leathers for strops are latigo which is chrome tanned first, then vegetable tanned a second time and english bridle which is veggie tanned...

Chromexcel is a "double tanned" cowhide that is heavily treated with waxes and oils. It is chrome tanned first but then is vegetable (bark) tanned before being "stuffed". As such it would be much...

Thanks for the post. Those are indeed beautiful and do seem to be reasonably priced. Unfortunately, the humidity is very high in my area and I am forced to store my razors in the treated cotton...