In a recently reopened older thread about strops, I saw this question, which was left unanswered:
And I started thinking about it and decided that I have no idea, so, I let Google be my guide. One bit of advice that I found said something that I think said "when it turns black, it is full of metal, so clean it and apply more compound". They were also talking about "strop oil".
Clearly, there is much that I do not know. If I strop using compound...
- Do I oil the strop before adding compound?
- What oil would I use?
- Do I oil after compound?
- How do you clean a strop?
To be clear, I am assuming a leather strop as opposed to say a piece of wood that has been charged with something.