Thread: Quick, brief questions about stropping

The strop in picture no.1 is a single sided strop. The black coloured side, Pic 2 being the back of the 'Russian leather' Dovo 80mm, is no good for anything. I have one, I just looked at it under the loupe and it's not a stropping surface. As I said, check your purchase, it's a single sided strop. No linen nothing, just a synthetic backing for the 'Russian leather'. It was a common criticism at the time, for a hone that expensive to have no linen/canvas was a bit too much. The other strop, smaller in width, at least has a linen backing strop.
Definitely don't strop on that black backing, who knows what it is.