Thread: MWF soap on strop.

Big +1 on hand oil... It works great...

Also, on old or really dry strops, you can lather up GLYCERIN soap (never tried/heard of anything else being used, and glycerin soaps work great) and lather that onto the strop, then let it dry overnight, and brush the crust off, then rub it with the palm of your hand a little... It works well, but adds a little draw, so be cautious when doing it

i cleaned my strop the other day with some spair lather from my kent shaving soap witch is the same stuff as the wool fat far as i can figer and its clean bright and very supple so id say it works

Originally Posted by hazzardstar

i cleaned my strop the other day with some spair lather from my kent shaving soap witch is the same stuff as the wool fat far as i can figer and its clean bright and very supple so id say it works

Kent contains both Glycerin and Lanolin, AFAIK MWF is ONLY lanolin... Glycerin soap is the most common method.

I lathered up my Filly strop with MWF the other day in order to give it the old glass bottle treatment on the rough side and I'm very happy with it.

The back side is now much smoother and feels a lot nicer under the blade. I have yet to re CrOx it but I am pretty sure that the smoother leather will yield a better result than before.

As for the front, the leather here too has been smoothed and gives less draw than before but is really nice. I am so glad I gave it a try.

It is totally dry now and is just as supple as ever. It still gets rubbed by hand before use and is probably something I will do again.

Jim

I do not like what oil does to leather so I would never, ever oil a strop, neither are my hands especially oily. soap though is quite nice. I have used olive oil based soap and MWF. I think I liked the olive oil based soap better.

First I went over the strop with sandpaper with a good flat sanding block and flat substrate. Cleans the surface nicely and gives it a slight nap. Then rub down with soap and hand burnishing and with a cloth until the surface is uniformly shiny. I did not want to get the strop wet so i used the soap dry rather than a lather.

I've had very good luck with rubbing MWF lather into a cowhide strop and commented about it in some recent thread. No worries. It increases the draw significantly though, so if that's a negative for anyone, don't do it.

Chris L