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Mark, it is true the strop will lose some nap, but it is usually excess and makes the strop hard to use, the breaking in that I have described will even the nap and in doing so give it a better draw....

This is it! If using the tableknife, strop like it was a razor, remember to flip it on the spine.

First off I would recommend 50 passes on the linen as well as the leather and then if you wish to help the strop "break in" use the back of a table knife and strop until your arms fall off or you are...