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No, no belt sander, just 320 grit wet/dry. I was pretty worried about loose grain embedding too, but it feels good so I think I got away with it. A cabinet scrapper would have been a good idea...

So, an update:

Lighter fluid worked really well to get the contamination off of the clear side of the strop, but between that and the age it also needed to be reconditioned. I give it some...

Thanks everyone! I'm going to give the lighter fluid solution (pun intended!) a go and see how that turns out. I think I may actually try olive oil too as a way of refreshing the paste. One the...

Thanks. It could very well be FeOX -- I am, unfortunately, colourblind and can't tell green from red. I haven't used it yet, but of course it may have also been from the previous owner. I'll try...

I was recently fortunate enough to get my hands on a ever so slightly used Streich-Riemen loom strop with one side pasted with 0.5 crox.

The first thing I noticed when I received it was that the...