Quote Originally Posted by dgstr8 View Post
Another possibility.. it looks like you are just using a leather strop with no fabric one. When I was doing that I found that stropping on leather alone wasn't able to keep the blade from slowly losing its edge, and I would have to touch up the blade with a few passes on a strp made of scrap leather with honing compound rubbed into it (Cromium Dioxide) or head back to the hones. Once I started using a linen strop first I found the edge lasted much longer. If you just want to use the leather I would think you will routinely need lots (maybe 100?) passes on leather with light pressure in order to keep up the edge.

on that note
how does the back of that strop feel?