Originally Posted by
carlmaloschneider
No pressure is what you should strive for. Yes of course the razor (spine and edge) should rest on the strop, but we really should not PRESS at all. In fact, in the beginning, less stropping is better then more stropping at too great a pressure. Also, in the begging keep the total laps down. Normally I do 30/70 canvas leather, but one needs to learn how to concentrate through all that, and i think beginners can lose concentration.
These days after two and a half years of SR shaving I can actually strop without even looking at the strop; just going by muscle memory and feel, but that takes practice.