Quote Originally Posted by Ernie1980 View Post
Also, I would recommend starting either with a bench strop or resting your hanging strop on a table. It will save your strop from getting sliced to bits and your razor from getting dulled.
I would prefer to practice my technique with a razor and strop analogue prior to having to use my proper strop, then just use a hanging strop but that's just me. Nothing wrong with this advice.