Thread: Put life back into and old strop

Originally Posted by LERigney

The linen looks like it has been folded, even though it was laid straight when i found it. There are about 6 deep creases in the linen. My Gr8Grandfather was a pipe smoker, and I love the smell of his pipe that I have. Really looking forward to trying to get it back to working order now.

Thanks for the advice

If there are creases, just lay it out and iron it. Clean water, and an iron, it'll smooth right out.

Then lather that puppy up

Originally Posted by Slartibartfast

Decades of cig smoke was not too pleasant though... let me tell ya

Yeah, i did tabac. Then ended up appying neatsfoot twice i think. My favorite strop now.

I rubbed tabac into the "firehose linen" strop on it every night for about 4 days i think and it softened back up and is like new again.

Ironic that you would use tabac lol.