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FYI, I was contacted by Shane of Flaquito Leather (on Etsy) who said the jute on the strops he makes doesn't really need any break in other than just daily use. He uses one pretty regularly in his...

I'm constrained by the fact that the leather and jute of my strop are sewn together. Will have to take a more hands on approach to conditioning the jute than washing machine [emoji6]

Srdjan, I look forward to hearing your results with jute!

Thanks all for the feedback. I think I'll continue with what I've been doing: just using the leather strop. The jute looks awfully coarse and seems like it could do more harm than good. I'll use...

Yes, I've only been using the leather. I do have a second straight (my first, a vintage blade honed by SRD). I'm still building my shave skills though so am not willing to experiment with the jute...

Strop came from a shop on Etsy, Flaquito leathers and is a new one. I'm hesitant to use it as I just git my new Dovo Bismarck in from SRD and don't want to mess it up. I figured this is a time to...

I'm a newbie to straight razor shaving and got a strop as a Christmas gift. The back strop is made of jute and it seems awfully coarse to me. Am I being overly cautious or is jute OK to strop on?