I think most people on here know this trick already ... -BUT- I was talking with one of the Facebook people earlier about a Travel Strop. I sent a pic of a Newspaper and said: "That is what I use, it is free and I get a new strop each morning" He asked how to use it ... Although most papers now use a new safer ink that is not as abrasive as in the past, a newspaper is still an awesome stropping surface in itself .. I did a YouTube vid to explain the way it works by request.. Simple, Fast, Easy, Effective and best of all FREE !!! Travel Stropping
I used to strop on newspaper quite a bit when I was younger. During university it was the only strop I had at one point. I also added jewelers rouge for pasted stropping.