I thought I'd post this in case any others are doing the same thing I've been doing. Leather conditioners made for purses, expensive leather clothing, etc. such as Lexol pretty much suck for keeping your strop conditioned. I'm finding better results just using saddle soap than I am using lexol. Lexol and Armor All seem to work well for the synthetic leathers I've been testing but those have more natural drag than regular leather AND they wear out faster (much faster) so far.