Misadventure #1 - restoring antique strop.
When? Yesterday, present. I followed advice from another forum, I tried the search engine here, but unsuccessfuly. It went wrong, (except for the canvas/linen - that worked). Advice/direction suggested was: wash strop with tallow rich soap (tabac) which I did, use a pumice stone (natural), which I did and lay flat on cloth. Appears a lot of the pigment or dye was washed out (along with the filth and the cordovan is scratchy, and dry. Suppleness has gone :( :boohoo: I'm hopeful it can be rejuvenated and given the serviceable life it deserves. After all, 'the old nag' died to become a strop. Thanks for any assistance.