Quote Originally Posted by volleykinginnc View Post
I'll try stropping more times and see how that works. One quick question on the stropping....I put almost no pressure on it when going back and forth. Looking at the videos it seems like the strop deflects somewhat under the stroke...mine is so light that it doesn't visibly deflect the strop at all or maybe ever so tiny. Do I need to add more pressure? I'm scared to death of rolling the edge.
Don't add any pressure to your stropping. Over time you will find an optimal amount of pressure that works for you, but it won't be much. One thing that you can't accurately judge from a video is the amount of tension that the person holding the strop is applying....in other words, how hard they are pulling on the strop handle. Obviously, the amount of tension on the strop affects the degree of deflection that you get. For now, if you aren't getting the results you want from stropping either change strops or add more strokes to your routine.

If you keep your pressure low and you make sure that you never lift the spine of the razor off the strop you won't have any problems rolling your edge.