Thread: Cordovan Strop Care

Originally Posted by Steel

I ain’t scared. I ordered a small bottle for under $10 and will give it a shot on one or two of my shell Cordovan strops. Somebody has to get off the proverbial pot here and try it. If you’re scared stay home.

Well I received my bottle yesterday and applied what I call a small amount and let dry to a light haze per the directions then used a cotton cloth to lightly buff then used my horse hair brush to buff, the end result is a leather that has a tad more gloss to it with a tad more slickness due to the small amount of wax it contains, i doubt I will use this often and not because it’s not needed but I just wanted to put some oils back in it that I removed during the light saddle soap wash so overall their are no ill affects to using this product on shell cordovan but since this is what Horween recommends using on there shell which is where this leather was sourced from I figured there would not be but you never know, I took a chance as my pricey strop survived and looks better as a result.