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06-21-2011, 09:10 PM #1
Old soap is typically quite different from new soap, so I'd be careful what you rub on there.
I'm not sure what book you are referencing, but in many cases, a book is simply the author's opinion. Just as any post on this forum is just the author's opinion.
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06-21-2011, 09:56 PM #2
I would think that was when soap was Tallow based...
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06-21-2011, 10:16 PM #3
+1 to what has already been said, the occasional rub down with your palm is all most strops need. If it was good enough for my grandfather's strop then it is good enough for mine.
Just remember to do so before a shower.
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06-21-2011, 11:45 PM #4
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Thanked: 13234Williams and Mitchell's Wool Fat soap do work, I have personally tried those two,, anything else use at your own risk...
The nice thing about this system, is that if you rub down the strop after the first application with a rough terry cloth rag it helps clean the leather too.. Then do the routine of coating it with lather, and letting it dry, and rub it in with your palm after it is dry...
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06-21-2011, 11:49 PM #5
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Thanked: 3795Um, Glen, I think the older Williams soap would work just fine, but the new stuff is no longer tallow based, is it?
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06-22-2011, 02:39 AM #6
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Thanked: 13234Last edited by gssixgun; 06-22-2011 at 02:41 AM.
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06-22-2011, 04:48 AM #7
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Thanked: 3795Well, maybe not. Soap gets rinsed off of your skin but residue stays on your strop. I'm not sure all of the various sundry and unpronounceable stuff in modern soap is necessarily good for your strop. Of course, I am ignorant on this. The only soap I have EVER put on a strop is saddle soap, which is made for leather.
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06-22-2011, 04:49 AM #8
The new Williams still has tallow, just not as much as the old one (according to the order of ingredients listed on the labels).
I have tried this on a vintage strop I restored using Arko which is tallow based, it seemed to work fine but I don't think it really conditioned the leather much if at all. I noticed a slight increase in draw, but nothing to really make it something I'd do again. Keep in mind that tallow, while it once was beef fat, is no longer so - it has been saponified (made into soap). Also every strop is different, so YMMV.