Thread: Here's my first straight razor! Now what...

You will need a proper strop for maintenance, preferably a hanging strop that includes a linen. Also, a wider strop will make stropping easier.

Until then you can hand strop or strop on a folded newspaper or piece of cardboard, inside of a shirt or cereal box. This will clean the razor of soap, skin and oxidation and keep that off your leather strop.

Yes, the green side, may or may not be pure Chromium Oxide, some “Green” paste contain other abrasives. It is interesting to note that their description of the paste does not claim it to be Pure Chrome Oxide, usually an indicator.