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It might be a good idea to ask your friend whether he's honed straight razors before. From everything I've read here, honing a knife is not like honing a razor to shave-readiness.

If your strop is made so that you can take it apart, I'd recommend doing that. Strop by first laying the webbing or cloth strop on a flat, clean surface--a countertop works--and strop your razor. ...