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    Hello everyone! So, I have had good success with the leather conditioning product Leather Honey, at increasing the life and health, in several applications. I would hesitate to use it on a strop however, not knowing how it might effect a blade. What are some thoughts? Yea or nay?

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    Hello Bruce, welcome to SRP!

    I'm not familiar with the ingredients in that product. A basic rule of thumb is to condition a strop sparingly (once a year under normal operating conditions perhaps) and to condition it with something that is not going to leave a residue that can wipe off onto the razor when you use it.

    So if the leather honey product rubs into leather well, I can't see a problem with it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by BruceHugo View Post
    Hello everyone! So, I have had good success with the leather conditioning product Leather Honey, at increasing the life and health, in several applications.


    Bruce
    At increasing the life and health of what Bruce? Most strops don't need any more conditioning than palm sweat.
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    I use the natural oil on my forehead and nose. Use my palm and rub it briskly onto the strop.
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    I rub my strop with a damp cloth now & then as per the maker's instructions.
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    Quote Originally Posted by onimaru55 View Post
    I rub my strop with a damp cloth now & then as per the maker's instructions.
    Yes, yes, yes!

    Some people get too hung up on OILING a strop when in reality leather benefits more from a little bit of water. It also helps to remove accumulated salts from all of that hand rubbing.
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    Quote Originally Posted by UKRob View Post
    At increasing the life and health of what Bruce? Most strops don't need any more conditioning than palm sweat.
    Boots & belts mostly, a few other miscellaneous leather products, wallet, guitar strap, ammo pouch, phone case, etc.

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    Welcome to SRP Bruce.
    As already stated with a new strop a good palm rubbing once or twice a week and a rub down with a well wrung out cloth once a year will keep a strop performing great for many years. An old vintage strop thats dried out will require some conditioning but a little goes a long way. Anything you put on a strop will effect its performance and can increase the draw significantly, and once on cant easily be removed.

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    Hello to All,

    My strops that are made from the 'oilier' types of leather (English Bridle & some latigo's), seem to benefit from a good rub with a micro-fibre cloth every month or so.

    Have fun

    Best regards

    Russ

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    I also use a damp microfiber cloth to occasionally clean, and rub the strop occasionally with my palm, sometimes after rubbing my palm across my nose/forehead.

    Every year or 18 months, I will sand it lightly with 1200 grit paper and burnish it with a dmall piece of JNat I reserve for that.

    This is for a cordovan strop. I never put any leather treatment product on it.

    Cheers, Steve

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