This is a good, inexpensive way to condition your leather and put some good draw on it.

I use William's shaving soap for this (it's cheap and it's a decent shaving soap. I use it everyday), but any good cake shaving soap should work.

Make a very stiff lather (wet brush, stir up a thick concentrate in your mug or bowl, add a trickle or two from the faucet and mix your lather. You want it pretty thick).

Lay your leather strop on a flat surface like your sink counter.

Brush a thick layer of your soap on the strop covering entirely.

Let it sit overnight. In the morning, use your palm to roll the excess dried lather off of the strop.

Re-assemble your strop and give the leather a good hand dressing (rub with your palm a few times) to smooth it out and work any remaining soap into the leather.

The first couple of times you strop, use care, because this treatment will cause your strop to really grab the razor.

Good luck,

Scott