Gents:

Two strop questions. First, does the hanging strop have any advantage over the flat strop? Second, what does the uncoated strop do for you that a CrOx strop won't?

I've got a couple of old curled up "horse butt" strops out in the shop. One is 'new', one has been scribbled on with a CrOx crayon a bit. I'm thinking of contact cementing these to a walnut base, neet's footing them to soften them up a bit, and using them for this.

My hanging strop is getting cut up...and I figure I don't want to buy a new one until I've learned how to not to nick. So, these horse butts should be up next. Then I'll move to the belts I used to wear 50 lbs ago. Hopefully I'll be able to strop without knicking before I get to de-sole'ing old boots!