I bought a strop a few weeks back and I noticed that it leaves a dull looking film on my straight after I am done stropping. When I use the canvas side it leaves the edge very bright. I first started stropping with a fine grained belt and it left the edge of my straight very bright and smooth. So I got the bright idea of using saddle soap on the leather side of my strop and now its not quite so slick as it once was, is this a bad thing??? I have not stropped and shaved yet so I am not sure how much damage I did. Thanks for reading, have a good one.