Cotton stop is grey...replace?

[jleeg]

My Tony Miller cotton is fairly discolored from a year of stropping (pre-leather of course). When is it time to replace these guys? I presume the discoloration is the steel that is being worn off. Thanks jim

[sdsquarepoint]

I would appreciate it as patina on a carbon steel wok

I've never seen an old barber's strop without ding on the linen.

Personally I would treat it to an ironed in beezwax application like so many used to do.

I too have the Tony Miller Cotton Canvas. It is very durable and has tons of years of use.
Best wishes MikeB

[joke1176]

Heck no! Use that hard won oxidized iron embedded in the strop to your advantage.


After all, that's what jewelers rouge is!!

Jeweler's Rouge (Fe2O3) from READE

[prestonmcconkie]

If anything, the tiny steel particles will act as a "dry slurry." Can't hurt the linen's performance at all.

[hazzardstar]

mine got pritty grey and kinda glased i just gave it a brush over with some left over lather left it for a min a scrubed it off with a clean cloth came up shiney and new and is working great

[sebell]

I seem to recall Glen telling me once that every couple of years
on his Illinois linen he would use a nylon brush to get some of
the buildup out of it.

Is the strop still performing well?

- Scott

[gssixgun]

Scott has a great memory

I brush them out with a stiff nylon floor brush...

When I read this thread last night I was thinking of this thread too


Chalk - Straight Razor Place Forums

I used that routine for years on a Illinois linen strop...then I found SRP and learned about so many neat new toys hehehehe

[jleeg]

Thank you all! I do take some pride in the aging of this strop.