Thread: strop condition HEM

I got some neats foot oil on the weekend and got around to fixing up the strop, it all worked a treat and the leather is now very flexible and i light used the 220 on the slick side as it was a bit too slick so it all seems pretty good now so i'm indebted to you guys

I did what i could to the back side, i used the 220 on it and it's better than what it was but i guess i won't use this side? i wonder what it's for as it seem too ruff to use (even if it didn't have the gashed at the end - which i've sanded down).

thanks again

orfeo

i should also note that now that the strop is in working order i've been able to pass the hanging hair test with my razor which i'd been having difficulty with and had thought that i wasn't honing the blade well enough but it seems that i was just missing a good stropping.