Thread: Old question about stropping

Originally Posted by syslight

linen is to be used before the leather. you should dedicate a separate, preferably a paddle, strop for any pastes you want. normally you will only be need the pasted strops to refresh an edge, not for daily use.

The linen, if you use it at all, should be stropped before the leather. No one really knows for sure if the linen does anything but clean the bevel and edge before going to the leather. But many insist that the linen does help. I am just not one of them.

As stated, pastes like CrO are more reliably used on a solid leather or balsa surface. I think they may round the edge when used improperly on a loose strop.