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