Quote Originally Posted by JMS View Post
Except it wont be accurate because most of the pressure you apply will be to the spine. The pressure to the edge will be controlled by the fingers on the tang and actually be lighter than what you put on the spine. If not then you are doing something wrong and taking a chance on ruining both the strop and your edge.
+1 that is my belief too. The barber manual excerpt on stropping (SRP Wiki help files) distinctly instructs to hold the tang between the tips of the forefinger and thumb ..... without bending the wrist... as you strop so that you can control the pressure on the edge. They say that light pressure is the way to go. AF Davis , a member who has done a substantial amount of experimentation with stropping has posted that light is right and I have found that to be true as well.