Στέργιο εγώ στο δικό μου, έκανα μια μεγαλοπρεπέστατη σφαξιά στο κέντρο του λουριού, μόλις 15 ημέρες μετά την απόκτησή του, ακολουθώντας τις παρακάτω οδηγίες το λουρί είναι σαν καινούργιο.
5. Proper Strop Care
Leather made from the rump of a horse and treated using a process developed in Cordoba, Spain, is known as Cordovan. The skin of a younger horse is thinner, and the composition is finer and smoother, but in the rare case that the leather is cut, it can penetrate all the way through, so for younger, less experienced people thicker leather is safer. Thicker leather comes from older horses, and the pores are coarser. The thinner leather is cheaper.
If dust gets stuck to the strop, or steel from your razor gets embedded in it, or it gets too dirty, you will need to sand it down with Strop Paper. First, sand the dry strop with 120 grit paper. If the strop has any cuts, sand down until the cuts are gone. Next, sand with 240 grit paper, then move up to 320 grit. Then, take a moist towel and dampen the strop, and then sand it with 400 grit, then 500 grit, moving on to 600 grit paper. As you are sanding, the strop will start to dry and whiten. When that happens, re-dampen the strop with a damp towel. Finally, polish the strop with 800 grit paper. As grit from the paper can fall off and get embedded in the strop surface, carefully wipe down the
surface with a clean, damp towel until it is clean and smooth. Finally, thoroughly wipe the damp surface of the strop with a clean, dry cloth, rubbing for 10-15 minutes, until the strop is dry. After it is completely dry, the surface will develop a brilliant sheen, and will gleam like a mirror.
In the course of normal use, foreign bodies can get embedded in the surface of the strop, so twice a month, on the 1st and 15th, make it a habit to dampen the strop and polish it with 800 grit strop paper, and then gently wipe off any residual grit from the paper with a damp cloth. Finally, polish it with a dry cloth until it shines again. Continuing this will impart a lustrous shine to the strop like it has been lacquered.
If you rub soap on it, the strop will dry out and begin to crack, so by no means do so. If you use milk or eggwhites, the proteins will adhere to the strop and harden into particles like sand, which will damage your razor, so don't use them either. There are people who use a beer bottle to flatten a strop, but this can cause the strop to stretch and curve, so it's best not to. Some also spread oil on the strop to soften it, but it's very common to over-apply oil. In such a case, no matter how you polish the leather it will never become glossy, and it will lose half its edge-polishing power. If you have over-oiled your strop, follow the method described in the next section to remove the excess.
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6. Removing Oil from Strops.
[Warning! The following section seems, to me, to be a bit on the dangerous side. I can't recommend it, and if you do decide to try this, for Pete's sake be careful!--JDR]
(1) Pour a cider-bottle full of gasoline into a wash-basin. [I have no real idea how big a cider bottle was in 1966, but I'm assuming 500ml or even 330ml, as beer bottles would have been 750ml.--JDR] Remove the metal components from your strop and submerge it in the gasoline, soaking it thoroughly. About 5 minutes should be sufficient. If you suddenly have to leave, and hang the gasoline-soaked strop in the open to dry, it will wrinkle and deform as it dries, so if you have to stop in the middle store the strop in water. Gasoline is highly flammable so be careful of fire.
(2) Fill a washbasin with soapy water the temperature of a hot bath. Take the gasoline-soaked strop from the last step and place it in the washbasin, and knead it from the edges inward, like you're washing clothes. The water will quickly dirty and turn gray. When that happens, empty the basin and refill with hot, soapy water. Repeat this about 10 times. Each time should take about 5 minutes, so altogether this should take about an hour.
(3) Fill the basin with clean hot water and place the strop in it. Gently knead the strop and rinse away the soap. Two repetitions of this should suffice.
(4) Lay the wet strop flat on a board. As it dries, it will shrink and buckle like when you dry kelp. To prevent this, take a beer bottle and roll/press the face of the strop, and it should stretch out easily.
(5) When the strop has been stretched out, it will tend to ripple or curve a little, so take two boards and press the strop between them. Gently tap along these boards and the strop will straighten out nicely.
(6)Leave the strop like this for two or three days. Setting the strop near a heater or in the sun will
lead to the strop stiffening. When the strop is dry, polish it with strop paper and it will shine.
7. How to Soften a Hard Strop
(1) Fill a washbasin with water and submerge the strop, without its metal parts, in the water and thoroughly knead it. Remove the strop from the water, and then by pressing and kneading it, it will soften.
(2) Lay the wet strop flat on a board. As it dries, it will shrink like when you dry kelp, so if you take a beer bottle and roll/press the face of the strop it should flatten out.
(3) If it starts to ripple, sandwich it between two boards and press from the front, and it will straighten out.
(4) Apply neetsfoot oil to the surface of the damp strop.
(5) Allow it to dry for two to three days and it should be soft.
(6) If you apply too much oil, soak the strop and the water-soluble neetsfoot oil will be drawn out.
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