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    Default Everyday Strop Care

    So I have my everyday strop and have a question about care.
    Can Lexol leather conditioner be used instead of strop dressing?
    It's my understanding that strop dressing is basically used to help keep the leather from cracking, and help soften it up. Since Leather Conditioner does the same thing it seems as though they would be interchangeable. However, I don't want ruin my everyday strop. So if anybody has any advise I would appreciate it.


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    Sam I am not familiar with Lexol ie brand name, I use Neets foot oil as do a lot of the guys here so if it is similar it should be fine.....

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    I know that Tony Miller doesn't really recommend strop dressing unless a strop is in really bad shape. I haven't messed with mine in over a year and it's fine.

    I suppose it wouldn't hurt to use it since it is meant for leather, but I wouldn't use it unless it was really needed - dried out/cracked leather or refinishing an old strop. Another option is neatsfoot oil or mink oil, which many people for this purpose. It works very well.

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    Thanks for the quick response guys. I think that I might try just a small section at one end of my strop and see what happens. That way if it's bad for the strop it's at the end and can be avoided during stropping.

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    I find that the oil from the palm of my hands is all that my TM strop needs. Very occasionally, if there appears to be a slightly dry spot, I will take some of the oil from the side of my nose and rub it into the dry area.

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    And I thought I was the only one crazy enough to do that! lol

    Quote Originally Posted by netsurfr View Post
    I find that the oil from the palm of my hands is all that my TM strop needs. Very occasionally, if there appears to be a slightly dry spot, I will take some of the oil from the side of my nose and rub it into the dry area.

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    In general the oil from your hands is all you should really need from time to time. I live in the S.W with humidity often in single digits which sucks the moisture out of everything so a couple times a year I will use conditioner on my stops. Lexol is OK but personally I prefer either neatsfoot oil or bick which contains no petroleum based chemicals.
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    Lexol works great for my strop. Don't need it often or much of it at one time but I have used it for years for all kinds of leathers without a problem.

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