Quote Originally Posted by JimmyHAD View Post
What you describe sounds like a problem I had in the beginning. I was a wrist turner and I held the tang between my thumb and in the first joint of the forefinger. I didn't cut the strop but when bringing the razor back to me I would sometimes shave a thin bit of the edge of the strop closest to me.

Reading this 1961 barber manual excerpt from the SRP Wiki help files here had me relearn my stropping. Took some discipline and persistence but I fellowed the recommendation to hold the razor between the tip of the forefinger and the tip of the thumb and strop without turning the wrist.

As the manual says this enabled me to better control the razor and have a light stroke. I also used to hear the blade slap the leather on the return stroke and I was able to stop that too. I don't know if any of this is similar to what is going on with you but if it is try following the manual's suggestions. Last couple of pages is the stropping section.
Many thanks to you guys. Jimmy, that is EXACTLY what I am doing. I was trying to pronate my wrist with the the away stroke, and rotating it back with the pull to stroke.

It is good that this doesn't hurt the strop. I bought the SRD 3" paddle, and I really like it.

Many thanks again,

Cutter