I now have a Vintage Blades latigo and webbed fabric (I believe it is the same as the SRD) strop, and a TM linen and horsehide. I'm pleased with all the strops, except for the Latigo. It seems hard and stiff, and the surface has a shiny glaze to it. The tactile sensation of stropping on it is unpleasant, like stropping on a strip of wood veneer. The strop is about a year old. I have tried repeated applications of neatsfoot oil (sparingly). The leather seems to soften at least on the surface for maybe a day or so, I get a little more draw, but within a couple of days I again have a strop that is "hard."

I've read the Wiki on strop maintenance. One thing that apparently works is rubbing the strop with a pumice stone, then using the neatsfoot. The pumice stone I have seems a little coarse for that. I think the front side of the leather would end up looking like the back side. I was thinking maybe some 1000 grit sandpaper instead.

Sound like a plan? Suggestions? My goal is to make the leather as much fun to strop on as the other surfaces -- they are all very different, but I enjoy each one, but the Latigo just doesn't seem "right."