Thread: Help before I ruin my edge(s)

Gentlemen,

I need to ask for your help regarding the SRD English bridle strop. First, let me say that I was lucky enough to receive both the regular and long version this past Christmas as SWMBO and mother-in-law did not communicate before making their purchases-got to love them. These strops are fantastic! My simple but seemingly noob-ish question...is the backside of the leather treated with diamond spray or anything else? I ask because the backside of the two strops have slightly different appearances. I would hate to take a shave ready edge to the backside if this is not the case. I looked on SRD's website but it doesn't say. I have searched through about 20 pages of the strop forum but can't seem to find the answer. The second question is about the webbed fabric. Has anyone noticed a difference in the feel of their edge after stropping on it versus stropping on canvas. For the last year, I have used a TM latigo/canvas strop and once trying out the english bridle with the webbed fabric, it felt as if my edge was just not as smooth as with the TM combo. Any thoughts or insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.