Thread: What do you do to fix your nicks?

I have a latigo strop with a few minor nicks in the stropping surface. I sanded it down with a pumice stone and rubbed everything down with baseball glove oil as best I could. I got the edges of the divots even with the rest of the surface (raised surfaces are the real thing to be afraid of), and have been using it now for 6 months like that. The little divots are visible and tactile, but again, when dragging the blade over them, there's no chance for the edge to hit or catch on anything. If I had some pictures I'd post them, but I think you get the idea. I've never had any issues with it, but I am sure others are cringing as they read this.

I have since ordered another strop, but the draw is less to my liking, so as it gets conditioned I still use the damaged one from day to day. No sense in throwing out a 60 dollar piece of leather in my opinion!

Originally Posted by vmathis12019

I have a latigo strop with a few minor nicks in the stropping surface. I sanded it down with a pumice stone and rubbed everything down with baseball glove oil as best I could. I got the edges of the divots even with the rest of the surface (raised surfaces are the real thing to be afraid of), and have been using it now for 6 months like that. The little divots are visible and tactile, but again, when dragging the blade over them, there's no chance for the edge to hit or catch on anything. If I had some pictures I'd post them, but I think you get the idea. I've never had any issues with it, but I am sure others are cringing as they read this.

I have since ordered another strop, but the draw is less to my liking, so as it gets conditioned I still use the damaged one from day to day. No sense in throwing out a 60 dollar piece of leather in my opinion!

Makes sense to me...and hey, if it's giving you good results who can tell you otherwise?