On the advise of some great individuals I did my first straight razor shave with the razor straight out of the box, shave ready and honed by Lynn. I am going to strop the razor tomorrow before the second shave (so excited.) My question is this, do I need to apply some sort of leather conditioner to the strop before proceeding? The strop is a 3-inch black strop from Straight Razor Designs. Also, what is the cloth part of the strop for, and do I need to use that before I strop on the leather, after stropping on the leather or do I use it at all my first time? Again this will be only the second time I use the razor and it was honed by Lynn prior to me using it. This will be my first time stropping and I will be doing it while watching a stropping video on Youtube by Lynn.

By the way, the first shave couldn't have gone any better. Smooth as silk, no cuts, no irritation. Fantastic.