Quote Originally Posted by jslinger View Post
Hey guys, I am three shaves in and finding it difficult to know whether or not I am stropping correctly.
There are a few issues:

I am pulling the strop just taught enough so that it is in a straight line. Do I want to apply almost no pressure, or enough so that the strop is flexing and being pushed down as I go over it?

The sound. When I just rub the spine across I hear a dull sound. If I lift the spine I hear a higher pitched sound of the edge. Obviously I don't want to lift the spine off, but do I want to hear the high pitched sound of the edge, or should I not hear that at all?


Thanks guys
My goal this week is to apply only the weight of the razor
and only enough tension for the deflection to be
the thickness of the closed razor.

My test is to stretch the strop horizontal and set the
closed razor on it and lighten or tighten so the flex
dips the blade about the thickness of the closed razor.

I am doing this because I tend to be slightly heavy handed
and need to remind myself to be light and almost silent.
Sometimes I visualize a big white duck feather that has
been stripped on one side, light and silent with both
the back and the edge on the strop.