Sorry for my newbiness....
I recently purchased the "Classic Straight Razor Sharpening Set". In it, came a Thiers-Issard Double-Sided Sharpening Strop and two pastes ; one green & one red.
According to the description of this set, the strop has two different colored leather sides to it so that the user can easily identify which paste is applied to which side.
My questions are :
1) Are you supposed to strop before every shave?
2) How often should you apply the paste(s) to the leather?
My razor came "shave ready" so I didn't have to do anything, but now I have to strop it I believe.
Lil' help? :)