I have been experimenting with a couple different strops.
However, I am conflicted about the best way to use a strop.
I have 3 shop-made strops. One is a piece of hard maple charged with Chromium Oxide. One is horse butt (hard side up) charged with Chromium oxide. A third is a piece of uncharged horse butt (I'm too tired to make a pun on that). I can't tell the difference; all 3 produce pretty good results.
What is your strop of choice?
How long do you strop for?
Do you charge it? With what?
Do you strop the backs of your plane blades?
Do you strop the backs of your chisel blades? If not, do you use a stone to remove your wire edge?
How critical is it to remove that wire edge completely? (I ask this because my teacher really stresses the importance of this - even when I think I've removed it, he can feel fine burr and maintains it's critical to getting this off. He also prefers to use his strop without any compound and uses cordovan leather. He does all this with tremendous success but I'd like to hear from others too.)