Ok, so I have read that whenever you don't use your razor (for a day, for a week, etc) it develops micro-corrosion or oxidation on the edge, and that one of the things stropping before shaving does is to remove this.
(I'm not stating this as fact, I just seem to hear it a lot)

Will any stropping material remove the oxidation?
Does it take a higher draw strop to achieve this?
I've read that some people notice black on their cotton/linen strops after a while... Is this the effects of oxidation removal?

Say I had only one strop - a very smooth, low draw piece of horsehide. This would be sufficient to use as a strop, yes?


I've already got a strop btw, I was just wondering.