Quote Originally Posted by turkeyman79 View Post
How important is it to learn to keep the razor on the strop when I'm stropping? Every time I try, I end up nicking my strop. I do fine if I totally pick the razor up and then roll it. So my poor man's strop has lots of nicks at both ends. I'm trying to get my technique down before I start using the strop I got from SRP. I'm looking for suggestions on how not to screw up my edge once I get the razor honed.
Stropping is of critical importance. Correct stropping re-aligns the edge. Bad stropping ruins the edge. You have got to perfect your stropping technique if you want to shave with a sharp razor.

Without seeing your stropping, all I can suggest is that you should watch a few stropping videos.