Thread: Nourishing the leather of the strop ?

Sorry if this has been asked before, but can I use the same stuff I use to nourish the leather of my belt / wallets for the strop ? Does it really need it ?

You dont have to all you need to use is your palm

Most go with just palm rubbing,

this has worked on all of mine,

even a relatively stiff strop I bought came around in about a week with daily palm rubbing (I actually use my forearm a good part of the time)

So no it does not "need" it.

It can help bring back a dry strop and can change the draw on one as well.

Neatsfoot oil is commonly recommended,

some leather conditioners have chemicals added to them

so if I were planning on using something I would do a bit of research on the specific product.

Originally Posted by pfries

Most go with just palm rubbing,

this has worked on all of mine,

even a relatively stiff strop I bought came around in about a week with daily palm rubbing (I actually use my forearm a good part of the time)

So no it does not "need" it.

It can help bring back a dry strop and can change the draw on one as well.

Neatsfoot oil is commonly recommended,

some leather conditioners have chemicals added to them

so if I were planning on using something I would do a bit of research on the specific product.

The perfect recommendation.

If a strop is in good shape that Palm / Forearm is enough oils to recover. However two of them were vintage strops that were curling with hairline cracks at the edges. A good coating of Neatsfoot Oil brought them back to the point I only need to hand rub them a couple of times a week.

The old palm oil trick doesn't work for me mostly because with advancing age the oil just ain't there anymore and I live in single digit humidity territory. I use the neatsfoot applied very sparingly a couple times a year. Bick leather conditioner is a pretty good product I've used over the years too.