Reviving old found strops
Hi to all from a beautiful day in Cape Town
I have found a pair of old strops hanging in an antique store nearby and before purchasing them I was wondering what procedure is recommended for bringing them back to life again.
One looked pretty flat though very dried and a bit stiff, with a linen or canvas as well; the other appeared, in dim light and in a hurry, to have quite a few irregularities on its surface.
I am quite keen to buy at least one of them and resurrect them because, well, I don't have a strop of any kind yet and although I have a razor, I can't use it because I am still assembling the honing and stropping gear.
I read elsewhere on this forum that somewhat tatty strops can indeed be satisfactorily reworked.
Advice please?