I found when I used to strop in my early straight shaving days I was starting to get what turned out to be wear on the right side of the strop at the edge on the top and bottom of the strop. It turned out I was doing an exaggerated x motion and the shank of the razor was brushing the strop edges causing obvious wear.I'm more careful these days. I don't think you could be taking metal off the blade because if you did you would be pressing so hard you would be ruining your edge. So its probably either oil residue or maybe wear like me.
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Sparks, Nevada Police report last night Homer La Fong Died while shaving with his straight razor. His wife reported he was using his Iwasaki Razor and while shaving his neck it just seemed to have a mind of its own and came to life and cut his throat. Subsequent investigation revealed the razor belonged to Toshiro Kawasaki a WWll Kamakazee pilot who was killed when his plane slammed into the USS Yorktown. His last act was to shave with that razor. It is suspected the razor is haunted.
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