Quote Originally Posted by Sweeney Todd View Post
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.
Actually I think we're talking about both of these aspects. :-)

Drawing the strop taught is always needed from what I've read, it's just that when I see videos of people stropping, it looks like they're applying a lot of pressure with their hand & razor because you can see the strop making a V shape. But now I learn it should be feather light!