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Handamerican says you can totally remove paste from a strop with Goop, the stuff mechanics use to clean their hands.

I had a response to this that didn't seem to save.

An edge can't look like black ice unless it's covered with something. The picture you showed had bad lighting. An edge cuts because of the fin...

Try stropping on leather with the strop supported from below and see if it makes a difference.

So, that could be another explanation for the dulling effect of the strop. Too much dressing on the surface is getting into and fouling the fin.

As I said I only saw that black ice when the light was bad. You ertainly should see scratch lines after an 8K. In fact when I commented on your shots you went back and got ones that showed scratch...

Do you have any photos with and without stropping? I really don't understand what you saw. Unless there's something wrong with your lighting you should see slanted scratch lines on the edge. As...