How often to clean yah strop ?

[nessmuck]

Haven’t given my strop much love since 2009 when I got it. Just warm it up with my palm and strop away. There must be some info somewhere on strop maintenance some where....and thanks .

[Euclid440]

I wipe it with a lightly damp clean microfiber every time I use them.

There was an interesting video recently about Japanese scientist who were testing how much mucus was projected by coughing and sneezing in a laboratory.

What was interesting was the amount of airborne dust that the high speed picked up prior to the test, and this was in a laboratory.

I will see if I can find the video.

[rolodave]

I use one of my five strops a week at a time. When being used I palm three or four times per day.
The strop in use is hung in the bath. My wife's scalding showers help them plenty moisturized.

I wipe them down with a fairly damp towel once or twice per year. If your place has really low humidity then damp wiping will be needed more often. Leather needs around 20% moisture. I read this in an article on maintaining tack leather.

[nessmuck]

Do you guys clean it with saddle soap every 10,000 miles ?

[Euclid440]

Here is the footage. Look at the airborne dust at 1.25 in the video, just prior to the test.

Dust is everywhere.

(SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus Micro-droplets - NHK World report)

[rolodave]

Hey Marty
Damp towel before stropping

I remember my barber flicking water on his strop. I asked here years ago why he did that but got no answers.

What does the water do to the draw?