I tried shaving with just water on my last pass, and it seemed to go fine. It makes sense that it would: the would idea with glycerine based products is that water is what seperates the skin and razor, the lather is just like thicker, warmer water. By using just water, your simply taking away the thickness of the later, but still have the seperation between blade and skin.

For stropping, you can always buy a strop off-line.