Originally Posted by
mrsell63
As far as reconditioning wvloony's Shumate strop, he says he has saddle soaped it and I guess that is step 1 in the process. I think sanding with progressively finer grits would bring the leather surface up to par.
I started thefollowing thread on 6/22. It concerns a strop stone that was used many years ago to condition the strop surface.
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[Strop-Stone ???
While reading about str8 shaving in the old days, I came across what is referred to a "Strop-Stone".
This was a stone used to dress a strop, canvas as well as leather.
I checked the WIKI but couldn't find any reference for a Strop-Stone.
There is an example of an advertisement for one of these stones in "THE STANDARD GUIDE TO RAZORS, third edition.
Does anyone actually have one of these strop-stones? How about a photo? ]
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Again, I think that strop can be returned to useable condition with the right amount of TLC. Good Luck Mr. Loony and I'm sure that's not your correct name. Full speed ahead on the strop...............:)