Thread: What is in yellow strop paste

Why not plain oldfashioned leather grease? Or just rub your hand on the strop every time you use it to get the natural oils from your own skin into the strop.

FWIW, and Tony can chime in again about this: Tony ships all of his strops with a bottle of Neatsfoot oil - which I've used to restore an older "dried out" strop that I had. Works nicely.

Originally Posted by minstrel

Why not plain oldfashioned leather grease? Or just rub your hand on the strop every time you use it to get the natural oils from your own skin into the strop.

Well the post was about the yellow strop paste I like this paste for the draw it gives and prefer it to oils. Palm rubbing is a good way to keep the strop in condition but it wont correct a dry strop, you need an oil or the yellow paste for that.

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