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That first 1 I cleaned I am still using every day. Softer than all of the other vintage strops I have and feels great doing laps on it. It needs a quick clean now but it's not yucky or anything. Glad...

WARNING....That green stamp is fragile and will disappear with even a little bleach and or heavy scrubbing.
I soaked 2 over night that were almost black and 1 had the same stamp. The whitest strops...

Why did I doubt ? Okay it turns out BigS is right on the money here. I proceeded with caution because I hate destroying anything vintage. But here is my story. I started out soaking it over night in...

Well I have never had any strop pastes and like you say could be Turtle wax for all I know. It's off now though. To be honset I am not sure exactly what a great strop should feel like. I have 2 types...

It looks that way, yes. It was all tan and dry looking and I could see like scratches in the leather as I wiped. I couldn't figure out what the heck ??? As it came clean it got better and slick as a...

Oh another thing. I had a can of saddle soap I used on boots before I got horses and lots of tack. I was told to throw it away and I used this stuff called Turf Soap (which I bought by the gallon)...

Except that doesn't come off with your finger and feel like wax in your hand like this does. I could roll it in a ball and it smelt like ummmmm strop paste ? or Vert de gris eh ? I seen a lot of...

I just went over the leather on mine with Liquid Glyceren and yep paste all over it. It had several gashes in it that I fixed with rubber cement and held together with a clamp for awhile. Not sure if...

Funny thing.. I just happen to get an old strop in the mail today. It needs a lot of work but the linen thing has me stumped even after reading all this. I wish BigSpendur's answer was the case but...