Originally Posted by
ryanjewell
evening gents,
so i found a barely used old certifyd strop for a song. the reason it was barely used was because it appears after being pretty much never used, the original owner nicked his strop.
I sanded out the nick and it's a great strop...i'm just curious, when you hand sand, it is obvious what part was sanded as the color changes a little from different angles. it's lighter and it looks a little more suede-y than the rest of the strop which has more of a shine to the surface.
so just curious...why do new strops have a little more shine to them and what gets them that way? is it pressed? is it the tanning process?
also, why does the linen on a lot of old strops have a extra thick feel to them...like they were soaked in some kind of paste?