Thread: Draw???

Hello everyone

I did some searching on the concept of draw, and I still don't quite understand fully what it means.

My best estimation is that a high/heavy draw is one that has a prominent feeling of a vacuum or pulling into the leather during stropping, and a light draw is the opposite (smoother, less suction?)

I ask because I purchased my first 3" hanging strop yesterday and it feels different from the small paddle strop and newspaper I had been using (see photo below). The strop is a two-sided Seattle Notion Co 1558.

I guess without another strop of a different quality, I wouldn't be able to tell if this is high or low draw. However, could someone set me straight or confirm what I think I've understood about draw? Many thanks in advance