Hello! My name's Ben and I recently started shaving with a straight razor. I'd been interested in them for a while and recently found an old Twin Works razor at an antique shop in near mint condition. Got myself some hones and through trial and error ended up with a Kingstone 1000 grit and a Norton 4k/8k combo stone. So far I've got an old re-handled Boker Tree brand King Cutter, a Joseph's best that I need to re-handle and that I'm having a little trouble honing up and my Twin Works. My strop is a Roma, and I'm a little unclear on it. My first strop had two sides, one rough one smooth and I put black stropping compound on both sides, worked fine. This one has two different leather strips which are nearly identical, is that for two different compounds or should I keep one clean? All my razors and equipment (Less the Norton stone) were bought out of antique shops, and I've spent less than 200 dollars for a life time of shaving blades. I'm very satisfied.