Quote Originally Posted by mike-s View Post
Is that right? No pressure on the strop at all? It looks like people are pulling on the strop a lot from several videos I've seen, but I still see it sagging as the razor is drawn across the leather-- tells me they're putting a lot of pressure on it.

If I'm not mistaken, I think Mike is talking more about pressure being used to hold the strop taut, than pressure being used on the razor against the strop. If that's the case, then you do indeed want to use pressure to draw the strop out. Sagging strops often to result in lost edges.