Hello,

I live in a remote area when it comes to straight razor shaving, i try to order as few things as possible due to living in the northern peninsula of the island of Newfoundland, Canada. i have had to order my hones and razor. But i will attempt to make my own strop. As of right now i have been using news print, which i make about 200 laps on every few days and a narrow leather belt before shaving. But i NEED a proper strop. I've read through most of the material on making your own strop you have on the forum, but left with a question on the exact properties of the strop service? is it hard, but yet smooth?, silky?, kinda like a micro fiber sofa? or just a softened leather feel? the texture of the strop seems important to me so high detail would be appreciated.

Thank-you very much,
Nathaniel.