Quote Originally Posted by Cangooner View Post
'Need' would, I think be an overstatement. I have shaved with a straight for a number of years now and have never used any strop treatments/pastes at all. Just an occasional rub with the palm of my hand prior to stropping has worked for me.

Unfortunately there are few clear-cut answers when it comes to this stuff, so I imagine plenty of guys will insist that you absolutely must have strop paste. The reason is pretty simple: that works for them, so they are absolutely right too. Personally, I'd try the strop without any kind of paste/treatment. You can always add it later if you like, but I imagine it's pretty difficult to remove once applied.
Words to the wise!