Thread: New canvas strop conditioner

To clean your fabric second strop, try warm water, Woolite and a toothbrush. Then let it dry naturally laid flat. For stubborn staining, you might try spray carpet cleaner. Woolite makes this product also.

Treat your fabric gently because it is designed for delicate razor edges.
As someone just stated, Dovo paste is designed to create drag and TI is designed to remove steel. Choose wisely..........

Jerry
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I've been wondering about this myself and have been doing a fair bit of Google searching for linen/canvas strop conditioning methods of old. I have several vintage linen strops and they seem to have a chalked finish of some kind. They are definitely not uncoated.

The only references I've found so far for linen strop conditioning talked about rubbing shaving lather into the strop then smoothing with a glass bottle. I believe the text was written over 100 years old.

I'd love any other info on aged recipes for linen strop dressing.

Chris L

Thanks all!

I think I will just use it for a while and when it begins to go black and soften I will use a wet and dry shop vac to suck the paste from the lightly lathered but not soaking wet canvas.

I think my old strop had starch in it as a sizing and that like a starched shirt softens with wear.

I do have the "wants t'a have its" for a hand made strop.... I do have a birthday coming sometime in the next year after all.