New strop fastening and maintenance questions (yeah I'm a newbie)
How are you guys fastening your strops? I was thinking of just screwing a closed eye screw into the wall stud but I'm not sure if the wife will go for that. I was also thinking of hooking it up to the door knob somehow. From what I understand I want to keep it parallel with the arm I'm stropping with right? (I have never stropped a razor and plan to practice with a butter knife a little first) Then I thought about using the towel rack but I'm not sure it would hold up and it would put the strop on a 45 degree angle. I could also fasten it to my tool box but then I'd have to go downstairs to the garage just to strop. Is there any advantage to stropping with your left hand versus your right hand? I'm left-hand dominant but due to a childhood accident I became ambidextrous so it shouldn't matter what hand I use to strop.
I've also read about conditioning a strop with neatsfoot oil, rubbing your hand on it, using lather, and not doing anything to it. What should I do, if anything, to this new as of yet unused strop I have? It's a 3 inch SRD leather/linen strop. The only thing I'm really concerned about is damaging it since I've never stropped before but I plan on stropping in super slow motion til I'm comfortable. Oh ya, today will be my first shave with a straight razor.
What do you guys think?