Layman fixes

Two issues here:
I sliced my strop pretty good on the edge. I didn't have any fine grit sandpaper or a pumice stone handy so I used something we have plenty of - a nail file. It took a little while, and the file is now gunked-up but it seemed to work well. This is my first attempt a repairing my strop, which leads me to my second issue.

While up north hunting in November, my family members decided to strop their hunting knifes on my linen and leather. It left some visible abrasions as if a serrated steak knife was stropped. I don't have any neatsfoot oil so I used what I had - some thick lanolin. My next shave was smoother than I ever had. I wasn't sure if it was a raised nap from the hunting knives, the lanolin, or a brand new soap I was sampling. This past weekend I tried a little experiment. Rubbing in some lanolin onto the strop. I put a little too much on as it make the razor stick a little bit at the top, but it really improved the edge. I was able to finally dial in an edge by trial and error and reducing variables.

So, I am too cheap to buy sandpaper and neatsfoot oil ( I need to save up for another razor), some on-hand materials like a nail file/buffer and lanolin can do in a pinch! I was also able to get around to sanding down those micro nicks.