Thread: Strop and CrO questions

I have been doing a lot of reading and sometimes that is bad for me because I over think everything. I bought this strop 3" "Bid Daddy" Leather Strop

and have been using it for a few months (the length of my straight razor shaving career). Anyway here are some of my questions for now.

1. I think I would like to use CrO can/should I put it on one side of the wool strop or do I use that on something different?

2. The natural oil in my skin have a tendency to eat leather and plastics should I use Neat Oil on the stop instead of relying on just what is on my hands? If so how do you use that?

3. Is there a time when I would ever use the rough side of the leather strop and if so when?

I need to have the blade professionally honed and start over but I did pretty well I think at just using the leather stop to keep the edge for a while. Wish I would have come here first and learned a little bit more before jumping in.

Thanks for the help

Mods this may be better suited for the stropping forum if so please move.