Thread: Anyone using current production Illinois strops?

Found this one: http://straightrazorpalace.com/strop...-breaking.html

Read it rather briefly and the only thing I'd change is, I would now recommend using the pumice. I found that completely smoothing out the #361 with a dry pumice stone first was one of the best things I could have done to that strop. It now has a sort of mottled appearance probably because I removed all of the factory finish on the surface. I then performed the rest of the treatment as described with the lather, bottle, dressing and talc. I've also found that it isn't necessary to go for a whole 20 minutes of rubbing. 5-10 minutes seems to do just fine. The strop is now smooth as glass with minimal draw/ drag just the way I like my strops.


Scott

PS - Mark, it took me a whole 10 minutes to find that old post! You owe me a beer dude.