My new Razor and strop just arrived today and I am really stoked about it. I do have a few questions that I am hoping to get answered before I dive into my first SR shave.

1. The 3 inch strop I have has a canvas strop and a Leather strop on it. What is the canvas for and what situation calls for canvas stropping over leather?

2. The leather strop has 2 sides of leather, one smoother side that has the SRD logo, and one rougher side, what side am I suppose to use?

3. when stropping do you always have the blade trailing the direction you are traveling? Is the blade to be held perfectly flat or at a slight angle?

4. Other than canned shaving cream, I don't have any good lather, is there a quick recipe for a homeade lather that works untill I can order some?

Sofar everyone on this site has been extremely helpful and kind and I appreciate ya'll taking time out of your day to answer these questions for myself and the other rookies who are interested in this.

Eric