Welcome Allen,

I'd been stumbling around on my own trying to teach myself to use a str8, and failing miserably, when I found SRP. There's a wealth of information here. You might also want to pick up Lynn Abram's DVD "World of Straight Razor Shaving." It's over 3 hours long. Instead of reading about stropping, you can watch Lynn strop a razor on this DVD. He even gives a shaving demonstration.

Dave