Hey folks! It's me again...

So, stropping. I'm not sure if I'm very good at it.

During my last shave, I noticed the edge which was formerly in tip-top shape starting to lose its luster a bit. Not cutting quite close enough when it should, a little more razor burn...

It's still shaving well enough, but not as well as it was.

This is more obvious on my hollow razor. The 1/4 hollow isn't showing my poor stropping as much. I suppose the edge on a thinner ground razor is more sensitive.

This *might* be related to a problem I've noticed while stropping. I have a really hard time keeping the strop from wanting to swivel around the attachment point. So it's flat and even where my fingers are holding the end, but slightly twisted (usually away from me) at the top.

I hold the strop across my body, and stroke from left to right.

I would suspect this is causing uneven stropping across the blade, so some bits are getting stropped too little, others too hard, and others just right.

It could just be crummy technique in general, but until I sort that out I can't really know for sure.

How do I get that bloody strop to stay put?