Thread: Check My Strop

As mentioned your wrist is flipping your razor which could lead to rolling the edge, most of the action should be with your fingers. There's a great video in the SRP library by AFDavis11 that demonstrates close up the flipping part.
Practice with a butter knife till you get your technique down.
Lastly listen to the sound your razor makes, it should be constant and equal on both ways of a lap.

Try stropping with your eyes closed and just go by feel. Someone posted that a little while ago and it has helped me a great deal. It forces you to concentrate on the amount pressure you use.

Looks like you're on the right path.

2 stand out things are a low attachment point for the strop and heaps of wrist movement. You almost want no wrist movement at all. As Mark said the AFDavis vid is a really good guide. I think it's a sticky at the top of the stropping forum

Alright so I need to work on stopping the wrist movement and pivoting with my fingers instead. I have noticed I need to reset my grip after so many strokes because it skews. I checked AFDavis's video, so I'll work on that.

As far as low attachment point for the strop, unfortunately that's the nature of my setup. The counter is low, so I'm not sure what I can do about that...? Some other standalone device I can attach it to?

I just assumed using the full length of the strop was normal, but you know what they say about assuming. I'll cut down my stroke length as well.

As far as sound goes, I think it's audible in the video, but I could be wrong. I can tell my stroke is off though because sometimes I get a nice full sound, then other times it's all across the board. I've found it sounds better and more consistent on my return stroke which I'm afraid has to do with the uphill angle of my strop - an unfortunate result of my low mounting point it would seem.

... Onward and upward

Will all come together in time,looks like you have alot more room to go up on that cabinant,Just an observation,put on some slippers

Use a lanyard and use the door knob for the attachment