It definitely sounds from your description that your stropping needs some improvement. I would recommend two things: 1. find some more threads on stropping here, including videos; 2. find a local mentor who can help you with your stropping. And this one is a bonus: different blades and different leathers make for different noises, DON'T change your angle to "make a noise" similar to what you heard on a video.

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Hmm. When i tried that, it seems to not do much. But i guess i have no choice if I pitch the angle up and it degrades that edge. Then i must put it down lower. Thank you.