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Polish?
So being in the military everyting made out of leather needs to be polished to be kept in good conditon, but my strop..... I dont think it would be a good idea to polish it with the regular wax and such, but would leather lotion help prolong the life of my strop?
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No dont condition your strop with conditioners especially like you were polishing a boot. Maybe once a year I put 1 tiny drop of Fromm strop conditioner work it in. and thats it. no more then that. But during everyday use I will rub the strop back and forth with the palm of my hand to work the leather and to put some natural oils from my hand into the leather.
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+1 to the above but in my case I use a very small amount of Neats Foot Oil every now and then.
Bob
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Thank you, I never even though of using the natural oils from your skin, I just dont like seeing the strop look dry
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When you put a conditioner on a strop it will drastically change the draw of the strop. Sometimes for the worse. Thats why the palm of your hand works the best cause it only puts a tiny, tiny bit of oil onto the strop, plus the heat generated while running your hand up & down also adds to the improved feel of your draw.