Thread: How often should I apply dressing to the strop?

I just received an Illinois #127 from Tony. Thanks, Tony!

How often should I apply the strop dressing?

thanks,
John

Only when it feels and looks dry. The most common advice is that the strop should give a slight drag to the razor when stropping but not to the point of being gooey or feel like sludge.
If you can see or feel the dressing then there is to much on the strop.
The frequency is very infrequent. It depends on the humidity in your area..

Hope this helps,

Rub your palm up and down over the strop every chance you get.

Lynn

Won't that eventually build up salt in the strop's surface?

Originally Posted by adjustme69

Rub your palm up and down over the strop every chance you get.

Lynn

Doesn't that cause blindness??? Oh, sorry, I got confused there, hee, hee, hee...

I always rub the underside of my forarm over the strop prior to stropping.

PuFF

Originally Posted by adjustme69

Rub your palm up and down over the strop every chance you get.

Lynn

Does this have a similar effect as neetsfoot oil?

Originally Posted by PuFFaH

I always rub the underside of my forarm over the strop prior to stropping.

PuFF

Me too. I figured that 99.9% of the time I'm around the strop, I've just washed my hands with soap. I imagine this would remove a lot of the oils...

Jordan