Thread: Newb strop questions on conditioning used strops

Results:

linen took more wax than I expected. a bit uneven despite the fact that I ironed it in - may try the alcohol suggestion from Scott to dissolve and redistribute. Or try to reapply tomorrow.

Like the stiffness and now when I run my fingers I get the squeaky sound - like I did on my snowboard. Seems to work fine on a blade.

But the real treat was the unused vintage Russia shell that I reconditioned recently - what a pleasure to strop on this one!

Cheers
Ivo

Tried Scott's rubbing alcohol idea.

There was no effect whatsoever. Which makes sense as I didn't expect alcohol to soften the wax much from earlier empirical observations.

I am thinking that Scott's strop has something else in the wax (if it's wax at all) that made this possible.

I will be reapplying wax with the iron again, I think

Cheers
Ivo

Turpentine may do the trick.

Reapplied with iron and scraped afterwards. This was natural wax (not white) and it's not pretty... looks like crapp, to be exact.

However, I think I like the stiff feel of the result. If it works well - this is what really counts for me, not the looks.

Cheers
Ivo