I am a woodworker and would like to use a strop to sharpen various cutting tools. I bought a strop at an antique store an it's stamped Fain Barber Supply Headland, Ala Non-Par-Eil 57 on the leather. It has a solid woven linen 258 strop attached. It looks like the leather strop was distorted by something pushing against it and the leather has waves in it and it does not lay flat. My question is can it be ironed to make it lay flat? Can I use a conditioner with silicone & lanolin on it? any advise would be helpful.

Thanks Gary.