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Hello, So here is my dilemma. I love burnishing, the rounded look of it, the feel and process, but I have noticed the fibers get loose fairly quickly ( especially a burnished edge of a bag strap ) and then its just ugly. My process is: edging , fieblings paint, gum trag, dremel burnisher, resolene, bees wax, dremel burnisher... in that order The second option is edge painting. It does take more time but I am getting smooth results with fenice edge paint but I'm afraid that using edge paint on a bridle leather strap will eventually make the paint crack since veg tanned stretches quite a bit. Cracked edge paint is even uglier than a half fuzzy burnished edge. so my questions are: Will edge paint hold on a veg tanned leather strap that will probably experience some stretch and alot of contact. Is my burnishing technique wrong that it makes edges go fuzzy after some weeks of use. And on a somewhat unrelated topic, I'm using W&C black bridle leather with pasted flesh side for the straps. The flesh side ( which is directly against the shoulder) frays... the fibers get loose and since its not struck through, its beige fibers that pop up and its pretty ugly. I was thinking that maybe getting non pasted flesh side Black bridle could solve that but it could also be that the one skin I have been using for these straps was a bit dry as i bought it in Toronto during winter, from a place that doesn't have humidity control, and who knows how long it stayed there. THANKS!