Quote Originally Posted by dmnc View Post
Not an expert, but please post pics of both the strop and razor. Definitely not how it's supposed to go. More experienced gents will chime in soon I'm sure. Pics will hopefully help them get a better idea if the problem. I also have never repaired more than small nicks in the edge of my strop with sandpaper and then conditioner. Again others have much more experience of such.
Here is a pic of the strop aftermath:

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You can see that it's just on the one side where the front edge of the spine is hitting.