Thread: Barber rolled edge Nooooooo....

My linen gets black, and I do not put anything on them. Its just the dirt from the blade. left over residue from the last shave? dust? swarf from the last hone?
Not a clue what it actually is, but it does build up over a long enough time.

Originally Posted by Magpie

My linen gets black, and I do not put anything on them. Its just the dirt from the blade. left over residue from the last shave? dust? swarf from the last hone?
Not a clue what it actually is, but it does build up over a long enough time.

I can't imagine what it would be other than metal. Unless you're using a silver razor and tarnishing it!

There's always a week of shaves between when my razor comes off of a hone and when it sees a linen, but I just looked on ebay and none of the old strops that have the same type of linen I use (there's only two) have any metal on them, either.

Some strop compounds claim to use talc, but the patented formulas that I've seen for strops sometimes don't have anything.