Thread: Lathering a strop

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Thanks for the detailed account. I had definitely read of that method long ago but didn't remember it in detail until your post. Now I know why I never tried it. Rubbing lather into a strop for fifteen or twenty minutes is more work than I am prepared to do for softening a strop. Call me lazy.

I'm lazy too! Lathering/rubbing for about 5 minutes worked great for me.