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Great responses Alan. I'll add to the strop dressing part. I disassemble the strop if the hardware permits. I apply the strop conditioner (Fromm's is great, although mink oil or neatsfoot oil work...

Honing works the same way, except with the cutting edge leading the motion. There's a bit of a holy way over X-pattern versus straight away; folks report good results for them either way. I think...